Ecstasy and Me
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Ecstasy and Me is the tell-all style autobiography
of Austria
n-born actress and scientist Hedy Lamarr
, co-written with Leo Guild and Cy Rice and first published in 1966.
"Me and the telephone company have had a running feud through the years. My bills often hit a thousand dollars a month and then they disconnect my phone, but something always comes up and the arrears are paid. I've been without telephone service for weeks, however."
"I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more."
"Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa?"
"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and drove one art teacher out of his mind. But that's just the way I paint best."
"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."
"A home should be a man's, not a woman's. And when he is secure about this, he will work to preserve and protect it."
"Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him."
"I have never seen a wrestling match or prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."
"I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with."
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-born actress and scientist Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress celebrated for her great beauty who was a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age".Lamarr also co-invented – with composer George Antheil – an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary to wireless...
, co-written with Leo Guild and Cy Rice and first published in 1966.
Opening lines
"I am a woman, above everything, let me start by saying that in my life, as in the lives of most women, sex has been an important factor. At times it has worked against me. When I was born, the name George had been all ready."Other quotes
"My first sex memories of men are unpleasant." [Lamarr then relates a tale of a man exposing himself to her as she was en route to school]"Me and the telephone company have had a running feud through the years. My bills often hit a thousand dollars a month and then they disconnect my phone, but something always comes up and the arrears are paid. I've been without telephone service for weeks, however."
"I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more."
"Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa?"
"I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despite the conventional in anything, even the arts. I paint canvasses on the floor and drove one art teacher out of his mind. But that's just the way I paint best."
"I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance."
"A home should be a man's, not a woman's. And when he is secure about this, he will work to preserve and protect it."
"Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him."
"I have never seen a wrestling match or prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."
"I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with."