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“I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.”

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I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

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When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb

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The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title

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Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.

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I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

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I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

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The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.

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Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

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Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I was the only girl who could survive so many bad pictures.

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Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.

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I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

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When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.

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