"I needed to be accepted, not humored. I…" — Gene Tierney

"I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act."

— Gene Tierney

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69 Quotes by Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney has 69 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides.
The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face…
I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years.
I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.
As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.
The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God…
Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and…
Where there is hope, there is no despair.
I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.
I was not cut out to be a rebel.

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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,… — Arthur Ashe
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses… — Emilie Autumn
In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but… — Michelle Bachelet
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your… — John Adams
In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans,… — Mario Batali
Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his… — Pope Benedict XVI
In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless. — Joe Biden
I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm… — Mary J. Blige
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we… — Bono
I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier. — Terry Bradshaw
In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not. — Jessica Alba

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