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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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Elizabeth Taylor
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: February 27
Died: 2011
Died: March 23
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Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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I mean, how many young women get a set of rubies just for doing something wholesome like swimming laps? Or win a diamond ring at Ping-Pong with their husband... ? Well, I did, and for all of these memories and the people in my life I feel blessed.
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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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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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Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.
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I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it's forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can't ride.
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John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.
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Without homosexuals there'd be no Hollywood.
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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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You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.
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I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.
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I feel like 45. I don't look bad for someone my age, with my history of illnesses and operations and all those anesthetics. When they knock you out, it gives you time to catch up on your beauty sleep.
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