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The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.
Elizabeth Taylor
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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Liz Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
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My favorite name for a color is puce. It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white.
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You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That's how I've done it. There's no other way.
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I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short.
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Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.
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A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.
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It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.
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I was so strictly brought up that the only time I could get away would be on my own pony. I could ride wherever I wanted on my godfather's estate in Kent.I wasn't brought up to be afraid of anything.
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Now is the time for guts and guile.
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Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
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I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
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I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.
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I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].
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Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.
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I hate to try to be that person in my own skin, in my own way, in my own head, not through exercises or anything else, just by, I guess, belief, concentration.
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I don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a great amount of relish. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And it usually does.
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I don't love acting I love chocolate.
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I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
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