If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for...

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...