Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBEwas an English-American actress, businesswoman and humanitarian. She began as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. The American Film Institute named her the seventh greatest female screen legend in 1999...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 February 1932
drinking thinking quality
I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.
dream thinking idols
Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.
thinking people theater
Something always made me save myself. Either the Betty Ford Center or going onstage to perform in the theater when many people didn't think I could do it.
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I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.
thinking want causes
I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.
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I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.
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I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.
memories thinking luxury
Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it's the most accessible luxury.
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What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.
children thinking childhood
On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.
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There's still so much more to do, ... I can't sit back and be complacent, and none of us should be. I get around now in a wheelchair, but I get around.
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She belongs to a Temperance Society and wears one of those badges in the shape of a bow of ribbon to show that she would never take a drink, not even brandy if she were dying. Of course by temperance they all mean the opposite - total abstinence.
divorce home littles
I left home as soon as I could, when I was 18. I thought I was in love and got married - the press called it Prince Charming and Cinderella. He was a Hilton so I was the poor little Cinderella. And when I got a divorce nine months later I never told the court why, but he was cruel.
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I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.