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Except physically, we know little more about Garbo than we know about Shakespeare.

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Greta Garbo
Age: 84 †
Born: 1905
Born: September 18
Died: 1990
Died: April 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Greta Gustafsson
Littles
Little
Garbo
Shakespeare
Physically
Except

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[When asked if she believed in women's lib:] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.
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I never met a man I could marry.
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There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.
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It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise.
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I cannot see myself as a wife. Ugly word.
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I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.
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It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
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Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.
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I smoke all the time, one after the other.
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When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?
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I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.
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Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
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