I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.
Hedy LamarrRead
I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.
Interpretation
Life is ongoing, and there's always more to be experienced and achieved.
This quote emphasizes the idea that age should not limit one's ambitions or experiences. Hedy Lamarr reflects on her life at fifty-one, expressing both gratitude for what she has accomplished and eagerness for the future, suggesting that there is always time to pursue new goals and make the most of life.
In practice
During a retirement speech, one might use this quote to inspire others to continue pursuing their passions.
I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.
The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more... The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest.
I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure. I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.
You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.
Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.
When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.
You don't need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea.
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