"Naturally, I was thrilled but being the first year, the Academy Awards had no background or tradition, and it naturally didnâ€™t mean what it does now. Had I known then what it would come to mean in the next few years, Iâ€™m sure Iâ€™d have been overwhelmed. At the time, I think I was more thrilled over meeting Douglas Fairbanks."

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Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Janet Gaynor

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Awards Quotes

“Mommies can't look gross!' J.J. protested.”
“A seven year old to a neighbor after the boy's house burned down, "Oh, that was not our home. That was our house. We still have our home. We just don't have a place to put it right now."”
“While some animals exhibit individual powers in higher perfection, man stands for their superior, not only in combining in his own body all the senses and faculties which they possess, but in being endowed with moral and intellectual powers which are denied to them, and which at once place him at the head of the living creation, and constitute him a moral, religious, intelligent, and responsible being.”
“If you think marriage is going to be perfect, you're probably still at your reception.”
“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.”
“The mind is smaller than the eye.”
“I use Spanish dancing as a way to exercise. I've done that for my whole life.”
“Love without trust does not exist. Love is a strength of trust. Trust is the test of love. When you love, you trust each other. When you don't, you don't. Don't camouflage the word "love" and not trust each other.”

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