Anna Magnani Quotes

• Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.

  Anna Magnani

  Funny, Birthday, Humorous

  "Philip French's screen legends" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.

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• Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while.

  Anna Magnani

  Love, Liars, Lying

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• It's so unfair that we should die, just because we are born.

  Anna Magnani

  Death, Unfair, Born

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• Ah, the feeling you get holding a diamond in your hand! It seems to bore into your skin, to burn, to breathe. It's like holding a bit of the moon in your hand.

  Anna Magnani

  Moon, Hands, Jewels

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• A divorcee is a women who got married so she didn't have to work, but now works so she doesn't have to get married.

  Anna Magnani

  Married

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• Children are like puppies: you have to keep them near you, and look after them, if you want their affection.

  Anna Magnani

  Children, Looks, Want

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• [To reporter who telephoned with news of her Oscar:] If you are joking me, I will get up immediately and kill you wherever you are.

  Anna Magnani

  News, Actors, Oscars

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