Hermione Gingold Quotes

#1. Really, sex and laughter do go very well together, and I wondered - and I still do - which is more important.

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#2. [When asked if her husband was still living:] It's a matter of opinion.

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#3. I got all the schooling any actress needs. That is, I learned to write enough to sign contract.

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#4. What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.

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#5. A great city is a great solitude.

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#6. Love is a worn-out word. People love their cat, they love their house. I've never been in love with anyone but myself.

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#7. There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

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#8. A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

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#9. Contrary to popular belief, English women do not wear tweed nightgowns.

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#10. One of the nicest things about living in America is the fact that sooner or later you are practically bound to get an award of some sort or other.

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#11. Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

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#12. She never sets foot out of her apartment or her past.

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#13. To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.

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#14. My worst fault is my belief that if you put bills unopened behind a picture frame, there is no need to pay them.

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#15. My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

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#16. People who think about the past have no future.

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