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It's not the having, it's the getting.

There is no deodorant like success.

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

Now is the time for guts and guile

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.

Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

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.

I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

She seemed to be lovely still to herself, as if no amount of looking into mirrors could ruin her illusion.

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.

I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.

I wear perfume even when I'm alone

Time went by. It could be proved that it did, although so little happened.

She had about her a strong smell of hair-spray and her lunch-time whisky.

Thanks Darling for the beautiful flowers and all the prayers. Now can you just get my puppy past security?

I believe in mind over matter and doing anything you set your mind on.

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.

So much is said with the electricity of the eyes, the intensity of a whisper. Less is more.

Michael Jackson is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other.

I will love Michael Jackson forever.

When the sun comes up, I have morals again.

Everything was handed to me - looks, fame, wealth, honour, love. I rarely had to fight for anything

I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want, so don't worry about me.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

If it is not to make the world better what is money for?

Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Richard is a very sexy man. He's got that sort of jungle essence that one can sense. (on Richard Burton)

There's no deodorant like success.

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.

A belly laugh increases the ability of your immune system to fight infections.

I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.

I don't love acting; I love chocolate.

I never planned to acquire a lot of jewels or a lot of husbands. For me, life happened, just as it does for anyone else.

When women stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

I would totally lose myself in the music and be a gypsy. I would go wherever I wanted to in my head - wherever the music took me. My body followed.

I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.

For all civilisations are like elaborate campings-out, a complicated picnic in the face of nature's discomforts.

On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.

She made a fence of phrases, which seemed a treachery to herself.

Looked a lost, pathetic thing, like all old letters; the moment it had matched had gone so long ago.

I do enjoy life, I really do. Especially if I wake up the next day.

People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.

Success is a great deodorant.

I haven't read any of the autobiographies about me.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

Seems like we always spend the best part of our time ... just saying goodbye.

People are different in different places,' he thought hazily. 'And if they're all right in one place, it's best to leave them there.

When people say: She's got everything. I've only one answer: I haven't had tomorrow.

Maggie the cat is alive. I'm alive.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Julia poured tea gracefully, but it all ran over into the saucers.

You might as well live

All I see in the mirror every morning is a face that needs washing.

Marriage is a great institution.

I hate the idea of always having to interpret other people's ideas and thoughts and words, because I'm very independent and, I guess, a free thinker.

There has never been such a silence.

Give. Remember always to give. That is the one thing that will make you grow.

You can't choose between right and wrong by taking a census.

I loved being admired by Richard. It was the kind of admiration that mattered to me. I felt adored, worshipped.

The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.

I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.

I've only slept with the men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?

I have the emotions of a child in the body of a woman. I was rushed into womanhood for the movies. It caused me long moments of unhappiness and doubt.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

I find vocabulary to be a great drawback.

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.

When you're older, you'll appreciate the advantages of sleeping alone.

Remember always to give. That is the thing that will make you grow ...

I always wanted to have a fragrance, and I always wanted to be able to connect with people in ways other than through film.

Michael Jackson is one of the most normal people I know.

I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.

John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.

When I'm not with the one I love, I love the one I'm with.

I've never had an acting lesson. I've never been given techniques. Everything I've done is invented. I just sort of found out [how to do it].

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.

Oh, I love red. I'm very loyal to my colors. I love violet.

No matter what happens, I'm loud, noisy, earthy and ready for much more living.

You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.

I love going to rock concerts, I love to lose myself in that vast wave of rhythm and body heat and get on the same vibe.

Seeing one face continually in crowds is one of the minor annoyances of being in love.

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.

I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.

I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.

I never face the day without perfume.

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

She looked ready to be wounded for everybody,

It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.