Lillie Langtry Quotes

• I do not regret one moment of my life.

  Lillie Langtry

  Life, Regret, Insperational

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• Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.

  Lillie Langtry

  Life, Sunshine, Exercise

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• It is [every woman’s] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality.

  Lillie Langtry

  Fashion, Character, Personality

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• The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.

  Lillie Langtry

  Garden, Lasting, Pure

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• No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.

  Lillie Langtry

  Nice, World, Lost

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• I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.

  Lillie Langtry

  Get Better, Dear God, Ends

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• Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

  Lillie Langtry

  Memories, Moving Forward, Yesterday

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• Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

  Lillie Langtry

  Sympathy, Pain, Doe

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• Each little chapter has its place.

  Lillie Langtry

  Littles, Chapters

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• I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.

  Lillie Langtry

  Beautiful, Shame

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• A complete transformation seemed to have place in my life overnight. It was quite staggering, and thenceforward visitors and invitations continued to pour in daily until they became a source of grievance to our landlady, who was obliged to engage an extra servant to respond to the battering of powdered footmen on her humble and somewhat flimsy door.

  Lillie Langtry

  Humble, Doors, Visitors

  Lillie Langtry (2000). “The Days I Knew”, p.37, Panoply Publications

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• I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done

  Lillie Langtry

  Done, Blame, Willing

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• The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.

  Lillie Langtry

  Challenges, Age, Enjoy

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• 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

  Kind, Ifs

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• On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

  Lillie Langtry

  Princess, Night, London

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• After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

  Lillie Langtry

  Angel, Angels Singing, Singing

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• I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

  Lillie Langtry

  Flower, House, Monaco

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• 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

  Lonely, Memories, Actresses

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• My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France

  Lillie Langtry

  Husband, France, My Husband

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• 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

  Drawing, Salary, Agents

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• They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.

  Lillie Langtry

  Night, Saws, Fame

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• Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

  Lillie Langtry

  Photography, World, Want

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• 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

  Lonely, Artistic Life, Years

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• It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.

  Lillie Langtry

  Firsts, First Time, Impressed

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• I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.

  Lillie Langtry

  Responsibility, House, Enough

  Lillie Langtry (2000). “The Days I Knew”, p.274, Panoply Publications

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