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Anna Held
Polish
Entertainer
About the author
It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Being
One does not re-light a dead cigarette.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Love
#Truth
No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Time
People look at me and look, but I do not care.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#People
#Care
Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Old
#Age
#Women
#Mistake
#Reward
To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Art
It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Temptation
If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#People
#Dogs
#Funny
Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Talk
#Friends
#Divorce
Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Women
There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Time
#Disgrace
We must go fast, because the race is against time.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Time
#Race
Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Work
#Success
#May
#Old
#Fact
#Ambition
#Deserted
Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Right
#Man
#Woman
#Husband
You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Man
I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Want
#People
I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Want
#Work
#Years
#Fortune
The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Will
I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Time
A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Woman
At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Home
#Road
#Paris
Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Charm
Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Will
#Audiences
For a married woman to flirt is a sin.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Woman
#Sin
How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#First
#Women
#Courage
#Water
I do not care for the money, just for the glory.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Money
#Care
#Glory
I do not say anything from jealousy.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Jealousy
I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Care
#Feelings
I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Want
#People
I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Eyes
I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Ability
I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Day
I don't believe in hasty marriages.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
I know I am very beautiful.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Work
#Woman
#Fortune
I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#Nothing
#Trying
I was very adept at acquiring languages.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.
Anna Held,
Polish
Entertainer
#English
#Tongue
#Cute