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Lillie Langtry
Quotes by Lillie Langtry
Quotes by Lillie Langtry
“I do not regret one moment of my life.”
Lillie Langtry
“Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.”
Lillie Langtry
“Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.”
Lillie Langtry
“I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.”
Lillie Langtry
“After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.”
Lillie Langtry
“Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that.”
Lillie Langtry
“I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.”
Lillie Langtry
“Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.”
Lillie Langtry
“I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.”
Lillie Langtry
“I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.”
Lillie Langtry
“I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.”
Lillie Langtry
“I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.”
Lillie Langtry
“I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.”
Lillie Langtry
“I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.”
Lillie Langtry
“I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.”
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“I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.”
Lillie Langtry
“I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.”
Lillie Langtry
“I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.”
Lillie Langtry
“It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.”
Lillie Langtry
“It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.”
Lillie Langtry
“My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.”
Lillie Langtry
“My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.”
Lillie Langtry
“No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.”
Lillie Langtry
“Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.”
Lillie Langtry
“The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.”
Lillie Langtry
“The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.”
Lillie Langtry
“They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.”
Lillie Langtry
“Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?”
Lillie Langtry
“Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.”
Lillie Langtry
“You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.”
Lillie Langtry
