Quote #34

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

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  1. I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
  2. I will never be below the title.
  3. I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.
  4. I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
  5. I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get in…
  6. I work to stay alive.
  7. I was never beautiful like Miss Hayworth or Miss Lamarr. I was known as the little brown wren. Who'd want to get me at the end of the pictu…
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