Anna Held Quotes

#1. An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams.

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#2. No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.

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#3. I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

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#4. No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

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#5. I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.

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#6. People look at me and look, but I do not care.

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#7. If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.

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#8. Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'

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#9. I don't believe in hasty marriages.

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#10. At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.

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#11. My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

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#12. I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.

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#13. I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

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#14. I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.

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#15. It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

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#16. Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

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#17. A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.

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#18. For a married woman to flirt is a sin.

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#19. We must go fast, because the race is against time.

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#20. I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

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#21. Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.

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#22. How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

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#23. It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.

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#24. I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

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#25. To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.

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#26. I was very adept at acquiring languages.

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#27. I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.

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#28. I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

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#29. I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

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#30. Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

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#31. I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

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#32. The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

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#33. There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

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#34. Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

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#35. It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.

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#36. Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.

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#37. I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

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#38. A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

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#39. One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

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#40. I know I am very beautiful.

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#41. I do not say anything from jealousy.

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#42. Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

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#43. You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

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#44. You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

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#45. I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.

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