I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

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Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are...

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are...

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is...

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is...

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get...

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get...

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are...

I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are...

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early...

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early...

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was...

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was...

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard...

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard...

I do not say anything from jealousy.

I do not say anything from jealousy.

To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make...

To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make...