I just made a commercial that’s just been all over television, i play this lady who comes in and dumps a lot of coins on the counter. And I say, ‘ That’s just from my first husband. ’ … I have gotten more fan mail for that ! Every time I go out … [ People ] say, ‘ Are you that lady from the commercial ? ’ But if you saw it, you would just love it because it’s funny. Like ‘ Batman, ’ it was very funny.

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My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.

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I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

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Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.

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I hear you're looking for a sexy blonde to play with the Marx Brothers. Would you like to see me. I'm blonde and I'm sexy.

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I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.

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A career is a wonderful thing, but you can't snuggle up to it at night.

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Do people ever get over being shy? I think it’s with you for life-like the color of your eyes.

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I don't understand why people aren't a little more generous with each other.

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What good am I? I can't have kids. I can't cook. I've been divorced three times. Who would want me?

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I used to get the feeling, and sometimes I still get it, that I was fooling somebody - I don't know who or what - maybe myself. I have feelings some days where there are scenes with a lot of responsibility, and I'll wish, 'Gee, if only I had been a cleaning woman.'

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I learned to walk as a baby, and I haven't had a lesson since.

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Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

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I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

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My marriage didn't make me sad, but it didn't make me happy either. My husband and I hardly spoke to each other. This wasn't because we were angry. We had nothing to say. I was dying of boredom.

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If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers!

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Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.

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I'm good, but I'm not an angel.

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Respect is one of life's greatest treasures. I mean, what does it all add up to if you don't have that?

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You've got a way with words. You got me smiling even when it hurts. There's no way to measure what your love is worth, I can't believe the way you get through to me. ~ Shania Twain If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything

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I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

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