Anna Held Quotes

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• My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.
• I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.
• I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.
• I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.
• Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
• A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
• I know I am very beautiful.
• I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.
• I was very adept at acquiring languages.
• I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.
• Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.
• Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.
• I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.
• If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.
• We must go fast, because the race is against time.
• To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.
• There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
• The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
• People look at me and look, but I do not care.
• One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

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