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A lucky thing Eva Peron was. She died at 32. I'm already 45.

Vivien Leigh

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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
Actor
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Darjeeling (India)
Vivien Leigh
Lady Olivier
Vivian Mary Hartley
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Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides, there isn't going to be any war. . . . If either of you boys says 'war' just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.
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I was sent successively to schools in France, Italy and Bavaria, and this erratic education was a great help afterwards.
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I'm not a film star I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.
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Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too: I do want to escape too! I'm so very tired of it all!. . . The South is dead, it's dead, the Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us.
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I know I am right for Scarlett. I can convince Mr. Selznick.
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I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.
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Things are simple when you're going to die.
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My parents were French and Irish and our family even has Spanish blood-and I do so love the United States and consider myself part American.
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Life is too short to work so hard.
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I will not be ignored.
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Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy-and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.
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Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.
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