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> [A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/a-well-dressed-woman-even-though-her-purse-is-painfully-empty-can/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

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## More by Louise Brooks

> [For two extraordinary years I have been working on it - learning to write - but mostly learning how to tell the truth. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/for-two-extraordinary-years-i-have-been-working-on-it-learning-to/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [“Over the years I suffered poverty and rejection and came to believe that my mother had formed me for a freedom that was unattainable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/over-the-years-i-suffered-poverty-and-rejection-and-came-to-believe/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/i-have-a-gift-for-enraging-people-but-if-i-ever-bore-you-it-will-be/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/i-never-gave-away-anything-without-wishing-i-had-kept-it-nor-kept-it/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/most-beautiful-dumb-girls-think-they-are-smart-and-get-away-with-it/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying.' I tried with all my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/i-do-not-excuse-myself-with-the-usual-escape-of-not-trying-i-tried/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/writing-is-1-percent-inspiration-and-99-percent-elimination/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/the-great-art-of-films-does-not-consist-of-descriptive-movement-of/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [After a person dies, his biographers feel free to give him a glittering list of intimate friends. Anecdotes are so much tastier spiced with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/after-a-person-dies-his-biographers-feel-free-to-give-him-a/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/love-is-a-publicity-stunt-and-making-love-after-the-first-curious/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [If I ever bore you, it'll be with a knife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/if-i-ever-bore-you-it-ll-be-with-a-knife/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [“I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita in 1922 at the age of 15 to become a dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/i-have-been-taking-stock-of-my-50-years-since-i-left-wichita-in-1922/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept anything without wishing I had given it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/i-never-gave-away-anything-without-wishing-i-had-kept-it-nor-kept/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [The tragedy of film history is that it is fabricated, falsified, by the very people who make film history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/the-tragedy-of-film-history-is-that-it-is-fabricated-falsified-by-the/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

> [In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brooks/in-my-dreams-i-am-not-crippled-in-my-dreams-i-dance/)

[Louise Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brooks/)

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