I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took...

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took...

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an...

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an...

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the...

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the...

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without...

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without...

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with...

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with...

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover...

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover...