Anna Held Quotes

• We must go fast, because the race is against time.

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• You’ll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

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• You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

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• Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.

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• Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

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• To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.

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• There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

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• The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

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• Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

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• Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.

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• People look at me and look, but I do not care.

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• One does not re-light a dead cigarette.

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• No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

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• No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.

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• My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

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• Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

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• It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.

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• It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

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• If I get married, I think I’d pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.

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• I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

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Anna Held (42)

Birth:	19th March, 1872
Death:	12th August, 1918
Nationality:	Polish
Profession:	Dancer, Singer

About

Anna Held was born in Warsaw, Congress Poland. She was a Polish-born stage performer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband. Held began working in the garment industry, then found work as a singer in Jewish theatres in Paris and, later, after her father's death, London, where her roles included the title role in a production by Jacob Adler of Abraham Goldfaden's Shulamith; she was also in Goldfaden's ill-fated Paris troupe, whose cashier stole their money before they ever played publicly. She was soon known for her risqué songs, flirtatious nature and willingness to show her legs on stage.

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