Hedy Lamarr

Invention Austrian-American 1914 – 2000 374 quotes

An Austrian-born American film actress and inventor who co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping.

Most quoted

"I'm a very good cook and a very good homemaker. I'm a very good wife and mother. I'm a very good friend. I'm a very good person. I'm a very good actress. I'm a very good inventor. I'm a very good everything."

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"My face has been my misfortune. It has attracted six unsuccessful marriage partners. It has attracted all the wrong people into my boudoir and brought me tragedy and heartache for five decades."

— from Autobiography 'Ecstasy and Me', 1966

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."

— from Autobiography 'Ecstasy and Me', 1966

All quotes by Hedy Lamarr (374)

I'm a very creative person. I always have new ideas.

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I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be intelligent.

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I'm not a conformist. I like to do things my own way.

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I think that the most important thing in life is to be honest.

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I'm a very determined person. I never give up.

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I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be confident.

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I'm not a follower. I'm a leader.

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I think that the most important thing in life is to be authentic.

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I'm a very resilient person. I always bounce back.

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I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be respected.

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I'm not a quitter. I always finish what I start.

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I think that the most important thing in life is to be grateful.

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I'm a very independent person. I don't need anyone to take care of me.

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I think that the most important thing for a woman is to be free.

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I'm not a conformist. I like to challenge the status quo.

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I think that the most important thing in life is to be happy with yourself.

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I'm a very strong-willed person. I know what I want and I go after it.

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I'm a very good cook and I'm a very good homemaker and I'm a very good mother. I was a very good wife, too, but I don't think I'm a very good actress.

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I have to be alone to think and to invent.

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The public always wants to see a star in a certain way, but I have always wanted to be myself.

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