Quotes by Hedy Lamarr

About Hedy Lamarr:

Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American film actress and inventor.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

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I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

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I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.

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If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

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All creative people want to do the unexpected.

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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

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Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.

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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

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I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.

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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him.

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I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.

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I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.

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I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

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I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

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Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.

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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.

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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

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Author Bio

  • NameHedy Lamarr
  • DescriptionAustrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping
  • AliasesHedwig Eva Maria Kiesler
  • BornNovember 9, 1914
  • DiedJanuary 19, 2000
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Austria
  • ProfessionActor; Inventor; Autobiographer
  • AwardsEFF Pioneer Award