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The ups and downs, the problems and stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living proof of survival.

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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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Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor
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Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
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My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.
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The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.
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You can always avert throwing yourself in front of an oncoming train. There is something that just pulls you away - and it has pulled me away, because I'm not dead yet - just at the brink of impact. Sometimes I have been really grazed by that train.
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Oh, I love red. I'm very loyal to my colors. I love violet.
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What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.
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I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.
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The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.
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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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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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It's amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.
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I don't love acting I love chocolate.
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You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
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My forties are the best time I have ever gone through.
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If you can't laugh at yourself, you're cooked!
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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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On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.
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I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
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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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Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything
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