Anna Held Quotes
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It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.
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No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.
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Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.
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There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
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I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.
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People look at me and look, but I do not care.
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I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.
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I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.
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We must go fast, because the race is against time.
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Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.
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Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.
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A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
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You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.
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I was very adept at acquiring languages.
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Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'
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I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.
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No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.
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I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.
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To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.
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For a married woman to flirt is a sin.