"I am not a socialite, though I seem……" — Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
"I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me."
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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13 Quotes by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. has 13 quotes on this site.
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I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero…
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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.
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I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping.
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The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.
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Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four…
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I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I…
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I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such…
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If you really want to know someone, you must see their emotions off guard. That's how I know Joan Crawford…
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In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with…
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My father and Mary Pickford were the reigning stars of not just Hollywood but of the world. Well, to bear…
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What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the…
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I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.
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More Bore Quotes
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional…
— Alan Ball
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I actually regard Facebook as a huge bore, but I cannot refrain from participating in it. I guess I crave…
— Roseanne Barr
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug.
— Josh Billings
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Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But…
— Bjork
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I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.
— Louise Brooks
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What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing…
— Julie Burchill
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The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
— Samuel Butler
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
— Samuel Butler
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Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.
— Winston Churchill
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I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and…
— Harlan Coben
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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man-yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the…
— Marcus Aurelius
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