Carole Lombard Quotes

Personally, I resent being tagged ‘glamour girl.’ It’s such an absurd, extravagant label. It implies so much that I’m not.

Carole Lombard

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• Glamour
• Resent

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• Personally, I resent being tagged ‘glamour girl.’ It’s such an absurd, extravagant label. It implies so much that I’m not.

  

  Carole Lombard
  • Girl
  • Absurd
  • Glamour