Lee Radziwill Quotes
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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In 1930s mysteries, all sorts of motives were credible which aren't credible today, especially motives of preventing guilty sexual secrets from coming out. Nowadays, people sell their guilty sexual secrets.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
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Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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I did 75 films. I didn't take a break; I didn't spend my money. I have my savings, so when you're not working for money anymore, then you should find things that are meaningful and not just be like, 'OK, that's another day gone.'
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I'm proud of my family, very proud - I have ten grandchildren, four children, and one wife.
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Politicians make mistakes. People misspeak in public. God knows I have proven both. A lot.
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I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses.
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I was born in Evanston, Illinois. I spent my elementary and part of my junior high school years in a D.C. suburb. And then I spent my high school years in Minnesota. And then I spent my college years in Colorado. And then I spent some time living in China. And then I spent three years in Vermont before moving down to Nashville.
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Lots are written about how 'she shows up at board meetings in the saree.' My God, I have never worn a saree to board meetings; people play it out in different ways. I think I have never shied away from the fact that I am an Indian, and I don't intend to, but you can be at home with both cultures.
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The inability to trace DNA to actual diseases has serious consequences. As does the opposite problem - not being able to trace diseases back to DNA.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.
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Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.
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When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.
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'Mad Men' was really my first television role, and it never feels like TV to me. It's done at such a high level.
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I'm devoted to my family and my businesses.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I get a lot of credit for having succeeded as a Latina in this world, and I am not that. I appreciate it, but I'm Italian. And that does happen a lot.
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One of the greatest benefits to come out of 'Lean In' was convincing women to help and support other women - not out of this sense of duty and that you'd be condemned to hell forever if you didn't, but because it will make all your lives better.
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When I buy something, I do so with the intention of keeping it forever.
