27 Kickass Quotes By Rita Hayworth That Prove She Was A Born Rebel

Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me.

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Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly or from any of my husbands.

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No one can be Gilda twenty-four hours a day.

Rita Hayworth  

From the time I was three and a half... as soon as I could stand on my own feet, I was given dance lessons.

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Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.

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I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.

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When I look back on my marriages, or the breakups, sure I know the pain I went through, but that's part of life and it has its own value.

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I'm an afternoon person.

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Sensitive, shy-of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.

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To Yesterday's Companionship and Tomorrow's Reunion.

Rita Hayworth  

I haven’t had everything from life. I’ve had too much.

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Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me.

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From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

Heart

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When you're in love you're living, you matter.

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What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.

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I can't take his genius any more.

Rita Hayworth  

I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters.

Rita Hayworth  

I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everybody else wants - to be loved.

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Old age - that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.

Rita Hayworth  

After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it.

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Whatever you write about me, don't make it sad.

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Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I am attracted to mean personalities.

Personality

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I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

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All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

You

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We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.

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Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda... and woke up with me.

Me

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I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting impatient, I just remember the times I cried my eyes out because nobody wanted to take my picture at the Trocadero.

Rita Hayworth