“I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.”

“My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked.”

“I feel very adventurous. There

are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind

them.”

Elizabath Taylor and Peggy Ann Garner in Jane Eyre

“It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.”

Elzabeth aylor in “Little woman “

“Everything makes me nervous - except making films.”

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

Elizabeth Taylor in “Father of the Bride” with Spence Tracy

“Marriage is a great institution”

Unlike some other child actors, Taylor made an easy transition to adult roles.“

I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.”

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.

"Giant" in 1956

“I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.”

Katharine Hepburn, left, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in "Suddenly, Last Summer" .

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Raintree County

“Success is a great deodorant”.

Although she hated the part and the script of the

“Butterfield 7”, she agreed to the role because it ended her contractual obligations

to MGM.

"I don't want to be a sex symbol,"

Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor hold their Oscars for best actor and actress, he for "Elmer Gantry" and she for "Butterfield 8," at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in April 1961.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

“I really don't remember much about Cleopatra.

There were a lot of other things going

on.”

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

“I’d never been a shrew”

“People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.”

“Americans are getting so lazy. Now they have to get up and get some form of exercise. The university has made a brilliant move.”

Elizabeth Taylor and singer Eddie Fisher dine at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.

I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.

Husband #1: Conrad "Nicky" Hilton in 1950 Husband #2: Michael Wilding (1952-1957)

“I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.”

Husband#3:Michael Todd (1957-1958)Todd died in air accident Husband#4:Eddie Fisher (1959-1964)

Husband #5: Husband #5: Richard Burton (1964-1974)

(1975-1976) rmmaried after divorce

Husband #6: John Warner (1976-1982) Husband #7: Larry Fortensky in (1991-1996)

“I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?”

“In my estimation he is the true King of Rock Pop and Soul.”

After her friend Rock Hudson died from an HIV/AIDS-related illness, Taylor helped found the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and started the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF).

“It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of

ignorance.”

Dame Elizabeth set up her own Aids foundation in 1991

“I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.”

“I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.”

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