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Joan: Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than sitting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.
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Joan: According to my sister, the expert novelist Jackie Collins, most men stray. And sex doesn't mean anything to most men. But I wouldn't date a man who slept around. Absolutely not. I've divorced men for that.
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Joan: Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you someone who has never achieved much.
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Joan: Cosmetic surgery is the plain woman's revenge. I think everybody should do what they want to do, if they want to have lips like a trout, let them.
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Joan: The thing about sex is you should have as much of it as you can.
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Joan: You can't stop getting older, but you can stop getting old.
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Joan: Loneliness is the universal problem of rich people.
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Joan: People still want to talk to me about that Star Trek episode,some seem to remember me more for that than anything else I've done.
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Joan: The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.
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Joan: The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
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Joan: Age, in my opinion, has no bearing at all, that is unless, of course, one happens to be a bottle of wine.
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Joan: I've never been that keen on Shakespeare.
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Joan: After a certain age, you get the face you deserve.
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Joan: I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money. I created a lifestyle for myself. Nobody else did it for me. Everything I have I've bought with my own money.
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Joan: I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.
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Joan: It is unseemly to undress on stage. I won't do that.
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Joan: The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
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Joan: The unfortunate statistics are that there are far more available and fabulous over 40 women than there are available and fabulous over 40 men.
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Joan: I enjoyed being an adulteress, taking a certain vengeance for the fact that my husband was not being faithful.