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 must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
Interpretation
The speaker desires a partner who feels equal and confident, rather than inferior.
In this quote, Hedy Lamarr expresses the difficulty she has faced in her romantic relationships with men who have felt overshadowed by her success and talent. She longs for a relationship where her partner can stand beside her as an equal, allowing for a healthier and more balanced dynamic that fosters mutual respect and understanding.
In practice
During a speech about gender equality in relationships.
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'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.
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.
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.
She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression.
Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the ensuing years that person we thought understood us best ends up regarding us with pity, indifference, or active dislike. Those who truly care can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive our worst sins. Rarely do we find someone capable of both.
When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.
There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
Being a stranger was like being dead, and brought to mind how, in a book he had read that most folks misunderstood one common state: The flip side of love is indifference, not hate.
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