Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks, born Mary Louise Brooks, was an American film actress and dancer noted as an iconic symbol of the flapper, and for popularizing the bobbed haircut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 November 1906
CityCherryvale, KS
CountryUnited States of America
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Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.
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I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away.
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Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.
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A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.
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There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.
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Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call.
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I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept anything without wishing I had given it away.
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I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying.' I tried with all my heart.
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In my dreams I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance.
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The tragedy of film history is that it is fabricated, falsified, by the very people who make film history.
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If I ever bore you, it'll be with a knife.
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I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife.
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I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.
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Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.