25 Ava Gardner Quotes To Ponder Over

The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

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When I’m old and gray, I want to have a house by the sea. And paint. With a lot of wonderful chums, good music, and booze around. And a damn good kitchen to cook in.

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Sex isn't all that important, but it is when you love someone very much.

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I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.

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When I lose my temper, honey, you can't find it any place.

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Go fuck yourself," I replied, always the lady. "I'm staying here.

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God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

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I have only one rule in acting--trust the director, and give him heart and soul.

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Hell, I suppose if you stick around long enough they have to say something nice about you.

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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

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I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

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I want to remember it all, the good times and the bad times, the late nights, the boozing, the dancing into dawns, and all the great and not-so-great people I met and loved in those years…

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Great idea," I said. "Call the police. Call the fucking police.

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If I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. Maybe a few changes here or there, but nothing special. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed my life. I've had a hell of a good time.

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In one scene, when I was supposed to say, "In a pig's eye you are," what came out was, "In a pig's ass you are." Old habits die awfully hard.

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So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.

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I'm here to tell you, there ain't much forgiveness in that old-time religion. That particular savior was a mean son of a bitch. If you sinned, honey, he was going to get you, no doubt about it.

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And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to do about it? Want to fight? Who wants the first bloody nose?

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Then, aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that would have been better thrown away. "Ah, Frank! I thought you were going to be down here fucking Lana.

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He will always be my Sir Galahad.

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I either write the books or sell the jewels , and I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.

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When he fell down the stairs, he told people he'd had a stroke. He was just pissed out of his skull. I love Dirk, he is such a drama queen.

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Some of the things that I regret most in my life happened when I was drinking. I’m just not good with alcohol. And I don’t give a damn what time of the day it is, I just drink too much.

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Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

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