Joan Crawford Quotes

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  Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

  Joan Crawford

  Love, Heartbreak, Dream

  Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1954.

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• If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody. I was born that way.

  Joan Crawford

  Want, Ifs, I Can

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Send me flowers while I'm alive. They won't do me a damn bit of good after I'm dead.

  Joan Crawford

  Flower, Alive, Damn

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.

  Joan Crawford

  Best Friend, Good Friend, Common Sense

  The New York Times Interview, 1964.

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• Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first... learn to feel.

  Joan Crawford

  Firsts, Speak, Breathe

  Town Hall Magazine Interview, 1973.

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  I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.

  Joan Crawford

  Sex, Needs, Clear

  Interview in "The New York Times", 1956.

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• Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

  Joan Crawford

  Forever, Age, Lollipop

  Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”

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  Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are

  Joan Crawford

  Good Friend, Clothes, Care

  Joan Crawford (2017). “My Way of Life”, p.79, Graymalkin Media

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  I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

  Joan Crawford

  Beauty, Thinking, Hair

  Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1942.

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• You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.

  Joan Crawford

  Strong, Self, Survival

  Interview in "Hedda Hoppers Hollywood", 1945.

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• Be afraid of nothing.

  Joan Crawford

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• You know the troubles I've had with my two older children. I can't understand why it turned out so badly. I tried to give them everything. I loved them and tried to keep them near me, even when they didn't return my love. Well, I couldn't make them love me, but they could have shown some respect. I couldn't insist on love, but I could insist on respect.

  Joan Crawford

  Children, Two, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

  Joan Crawford

  Girl, Stars, Doors

  Interview in "Los Angeles Times", 1937.

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• My God, I'm four hundred years old and the most I can do is look three hundred.

  Joan Crawford

  Years, Age, Three

  Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”

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• Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

  Joan Crawford

  Childhood, Actors, Lollipop

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• Not that anyone cares, but there's a right and wrong way to clean a house.

  Joan Crawford

  House, Care, Way

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 1. Find your own style and have the courage to stick to it. 2. Choose your clothes for your way of life. 3. Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles. 4. Find your happiest colours - the ones that make you feel good. 5. Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are!

  Joan Crawford

  Fashion, Good Friend, Play

  Joan Crawford (2017). “My Way of Life”, p.79, Graymalkin Media

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• If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

  Joan Crawford

  Girl, Doors, Want

  Interview in "Los Angeles Times", 1937.

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• I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

  Joan Crawford

  Life, Carpe Diem, Aries

  Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1949.

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• Find your happiest colours - the ones that make you feel good.

  Joan Crawford

  Feel Good, Colour, Make You Feel Good

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• [To the mother of two unruly children in a restaurant after the woman said she really didn't know what to do with her children:] Have you tried infanticide?

  Joan Crawford

  Mother, Children, Two

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• Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

  Joan Crawford

  Unhappy, Looks, Littles

  Interview in "The New York Times", 1972.

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• The Democratic party is one that I've always observed. I have struggled greatly in life from the day I was born and I am honored to be apart of something that focuses on working class citizens and molds them into a proud specimen. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Kennedy have done so much in that regard for the two generations they've won over during their career course.

  Joan Crawford

  Party, Class, Careers

  NBC Interview, 1961.

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• Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?

  Joan Crawford

  Fairness, Sometimes, Deals

  Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”

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• I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?

  Joan Crawford

  Discipline, What Is Life, Strict

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