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Gene Tierney
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“My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.”
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“... my throttle was wide open. I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.”
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“A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.”
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“In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.”
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“Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.”
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“Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.”
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“... there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.”
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“... that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.”
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“The things we ignore often come back to us in our sleep.”
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“Movie failures are like the common cold. You can stay in bed and take aspirin for six days and recover. Or you can walk around and ignore it for six days and recover.”
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“I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.”
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“Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.”
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“... we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.”
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“When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I saw things no one else could see. I could see evil in a toothbrush. I could see God in a light bulb.”
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“A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.”
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“I had been introduced to psychotherapy, in which the doctors let you talk, talk, talk, until you find the source of your problem or find another doctor.”
Gene Tierney, U.S. actor
(1920 - 1991)
Full name: Gene Eliza Tierney.