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The public me, the one named Elizabeth Taylor, has become a lot of hokum and fabrication - a bunch of drivel - and I find her slightly revolting.

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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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The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.
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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 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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I like the connection with fans and people who have been supportive of me. And I love the idea of real feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.
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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 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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I hate being called Liz, because it can sound like such a hiss.
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Originally, we were going to set up a cappuccino bar in the showroom, but we've been so busy, ... We decided when we're old and grey, we're going to set up a coffee shop, and we formed the company about 18 months ago when we thought of the name. It's going to be TLC - Tastes Like Chocolate.
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I'm not worried about dying. I consult with God, my maker. And I don't have a lot of problems to work out. I'm pretty squared anyway.
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When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.
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[On Antony's death] Strange, there has never been... such a silence.
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My forties are the best time I have ever gone through.
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Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
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I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.
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Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.
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The public library is more than a repository of books. It's a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.
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Success is a great deodorant.
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It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
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I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being - to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.
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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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