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Lillie Langtry
October 13, 1853 - February 12, 1929
Nationality: British
Category: Actress
Subcategory: British Actress

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.

   

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.

   

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.

   

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

   

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

   

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing.

   

The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.

   

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.

   

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.

   

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.

   

I do not regret one moment of my life.

   

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

   

I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.

   

Feed the dogs. I hate to hear them barking like that.

   

You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

   

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.

   

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.

   

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

   

Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.

   

Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.

   

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