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> [Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/doing-nothing-feels-like-floating-on-warm-water-to-me-delightful/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

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> [I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-don-t-understand-people-who-like-to-work-and-talk-about-it-like-it/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

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## More by Ava Gardner

> [It's a shame that it didn't work out with Mick. I was hopelessly in love with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/it-s-a-shame-that-it-didn-t-work-out-with-mick-i-was-hopelessly-in/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [“Then, aided by the booze, like a fool I tossed off one of those throwaway lines that would have been better thrown away. "Ah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/then-aided-by-the-booze-like-a-fool-i-tossed-off-one-of-those/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [“Great idea," I said. "Call the police. Call the fucking police.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/great-idea-i-said-call-the-police-call-the-fucking-police/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [I was born with good health and a strong body and spent years abusing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-was-born-with-good-health-and-a-strong-body-and-spent-years-abusing/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [Elizabeth Taylor is not beautiful, she is pretty—I was beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/elizabeth-taylor-is-not-beautiful-she-is-pretty-i-was-beautiful/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-either-write-the-book-or-sell-the-jewels-and-i-m-kinda-sentimental/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [Mickey - the smallest husband I ever had and the biggest mistake I ever made - well, that year, it was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/mickey-the-smallest-husband-i-ever-had-and-the-biggest-mistake-i-ever/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/god-knows-i-ve-got-so-many-frailties-myself-i-ought-to-be-able-to/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [Our phone bills were astronomical, and when I found the letters Frank wrote me the other day, the total could fill a suitcase. Every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/our-phone-bills-were-astronomical-and-when-i-found-the-letters-frank/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into something they could never be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/maybe-in-the-final-analysis-they-saw-me-as-something-i-wasn-t-and-i/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [After my screen test, the director clapped his hands gleefully and yelled: “She can't talk! She can't act! She's sensational!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/after-my-screen-test-the-director-clapped-his-hands-gleefully-and/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [Don't think for a minute that bad publicity and endless criticism don't leave their claw marks on everyone concerned. Your friends try to cheer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/don-t-think-for-a-minute-that-bad-publicity-and-endless-criticism-don/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [I'm not saying my own looks don't give the game away. Nothing I can do about that anymore. A nip and tuck ain't gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-m-not-saying-my-own-looks-don-t-give-the-game-away-nothing-i-can-do/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [I do owe Mickey one thing: he taught me how much I enjoyed sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/i-do-owe-mickey-one-thing-he-taught-me-how-much-i-enjoyed-sex/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

> [“In one scene, when I was supposed to say, "In a pig's eye you are," what came out was, "In a pig's ass you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ava-gardner/in-one-scene-when-i-was-supposed-to-say-in-a-pig-s-eye-you-are-what/)

[Ava Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ava-gardner/)

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