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Ava Gardner
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“I made it as a star dressed. If I haven't got it dressed, I don't want it.”
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“Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.”
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“Women's liberation as a movement makes some valid points. But in the final analysis, it doesn't matter who wears the pants — as long as there's money in the pockets.”
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“Hollywood — that's a place where love is viewed both pragmatically and philosophically in the saying, 'Tis better to have loved and divorced than never to have had any publicity at all.'”
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“[On Lana Turner:] We don't see each other anymore. Lana's become a recluse. No one sees her. She thinks absence will make the public's heart grow fonder. All absence does is make people think you're dead.”
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“Petting is the study of the anatomy in braille.”
Ava Gardner, U.S. actor
(1922 - 1990)
Full name: Ava Lavinia Gardner.