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A writer, a brilliant writer, wants to write the real book about me. He wants to call it The Users—the people who have used me.

— Hedy Lamarr Would You Believe I Was Once A Famous Star? It's the Truth! (1970)

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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

The Stars (1962)

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

Popcorn in Paradise (1980)

I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.

Popcorn in Paradise (1980)

Her Highness and the Bellboy. There I am, eight months pregnant, being photographed behind potted palms and in full ball gowns, which fortunately fit the story.

Hubba, Hubba Hubba—It's Hedy! (1971)

Clark Gable and I, in Comrade X. Although I never quite understood his sex appeal, I thought he was one of the nicest people I'd met, and a great practical joker.

Hubba, Hubba Hubba—It's Hedy! (1971)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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