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I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
Actress
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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I have never felt more alive than when I watched my children delight in something, never more alive than when I have watched a great artist perform, and never richer than when I have scored a big check to fight AIDS.
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When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.
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When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
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I know I'm vulgar, but would you have me any other way?
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The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.
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Marilyn Monroe seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child. When she posed nude, it was 'Gee, I am kind of, you know, sort of dishy,' like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.
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I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
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Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.
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I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.
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