北京時間的3月23日晚，世界著名的美國女演員、全球最漂亮的女人伊麗莎白?泰勒辭世，終年79歲。有“玉婆”之稱的伊麗莎白?泰勒被認為是影史上最優秀的女演員之一，經典作品包括《埃及艷后》和《熱鐵皮屋頂上的貓》，并曾經因《青樓艷妓》和《靈欲春宵》兩次獲得奧斯卡影后桂冠。

以下摘錄的是伊麗莎白?泰勒最有名的20條語錄。

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who has died aged 79, on success, diamonds and failed marriages.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who has died aged 79, on success, diamonds and failed marriages.

1: "Big girls need big diamonds."

“大女孩需要大鉆石。”

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

“我一直都承認是我的熱情在控制著我。”

3: "I fell off my pink cloud with a thud."

“砰的一聲，我從我的粉色云端跌落。”

4: "I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

“我是個忠誠的妻子。我也應該為這么多次婚姻而全心投入。”

5: "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."

“我覺得布什總統根本沒有為艾滋病做任何事。事實上，我都不能確定他會不會拼艾滋這個單詞。”

6: "I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on."

“關于《埃及艷后》我記得的真的不多。還有很多別的事兒在進行呢。”

7: "I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men get, the younger their new wives get."

“我感覺有些男人在到達一定年紀后就害怕成長了。好像男人年紀越大，他們新娶的妻子年齡就越小了。”

8: "I’m a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive."

“我是個幸存者——是一個經歷過苦難而且生存下來的活生生的榜樣。”

9: "I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."

“寶貝，這些我都經歷過來了，我是個勇敢的母親。”

10: "Everything makes me nervous - except making films."

“拍電影以外的所有事情都讓我緊張。”

11: "I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

“我只跟和我結婚的男人上過床。有幾個女人敢這么說？”

12: "If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down."

“如果有人笨到要花100萬美元為我拍張照片，我當然不會笨到拒絕他。”

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

“我的最佳男主角中有一些是狗和馬。”

14: "Success is a great deodorant."

“成功是個偉大的除臭劑。”

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

“當你身陷丑聞當中的時候才會發現誰是你真正的朋友。”

16: "It's not the having, it's the getting."

“重要的不是擁有，而是得到。”

17: "Marriage is a great institution."

“婚姻是一所好學校。”

18: "People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz."

“跟我很熟的人都叫我伊麗莎白，我不喜歡別人叫我利茲。”

19: "So much to do, so little done, such things to be."

“要做的事情有那么多，完成的卻只有那么一點。事情就是這樣。”

20: "I don't like my voice. I don't like the way I look. I don't like the way I move. I don't like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don't like myself."

“我不喜歡我的聲音。我不喜歡我的外表。我不喜歡我走路的樣子。我不喜歡我的表演方式。我真的這樣認為。所以，你看，我不喜歡我自己。”

In 2009, Elizabeth Taylor also joined the Twitter revolution. During a stay in hospital, she tweeted to Kathy Ireland: "Thanks Darling for the beautiful flowers and all the prayers. Now can you just get my puppy past security?"

2009年，伊麗莎白?泰勒還加入了推特大軍。有一次住院期間，她在推特上給凱西?愛爾蘭留言說：“親愛的，謝謝你送的那么漂亮的花和祝福。你能帶著我的小狗過安檢嗎？”

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（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）