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Appreciation
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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants -- more than anything else -- to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are -- and have always been.
-Anita Loos
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Entertainment
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Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse.
-Anita Loos
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Fate & Destiny
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Fate keeps on happening.
-Anita Loos
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Hollywood
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If we have to tell Hollywood good-by, it may be with one of those tender, old-fashioned, seven-second kisses exchanged between two people of the opposite sex, with all their clothes on.
-Anita Loos
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Men & Women
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I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
-Anita Loos
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Mind, the
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A girl with brains ought to do something with them besides think.
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Pleasure
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Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.
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Science
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There's nothing colder than chemistry.
-Anita Loos
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Sex
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That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if grown people don't have more vital concerns, such as taxes, inflation, dirty politics, earning a living, getting an education, or keeping out of jail.
-Anita Loos
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Travel
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Does this boat go to Europe, France?
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Women
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The people I'm furious with are the Women's Liberationists. They keep getting up on soapboxes and proclaiming women are brighter than men. That's true, but it should be kept quiet or it ruins the whole racket.
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Books by and about Anita Loos