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Men lose more conquests by their own awkwardness than by any virtue in the woman.


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ANON. Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.
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CICERO Few men have been admired by their own domestics
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SOURCE UNKNOWN It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.
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OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and ra...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets ...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND How many women in this world are served breakfast in bed every morning by a gorgeous young man? I am...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND When I was five, I discovered a secret box that contained Mummy's stage makeup. It was like find...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it freque...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I am attracted by almost any French word - written or spoken. Before I knew its meaning, I thought &...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I don't need a fantasy life as once I did. That is the life of the imagination that I had a grea...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I feel like a survivor from an age that people no longer understand. I want to try to explain what t...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a ne...
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's goin...
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