Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who has died aged 79, on success, diamonds and failed marriages.
"Big girls need big diamonds."
“大女孩需要大钻石。”

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

“我一直都承认是我的热情在控制着我。”

"I fell off my pink cloud with a thud."
“砰的一声，我从我的粉色云端跌落。”

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

“我是个忠诚的妻子。我也应该为这么多次婚姻而全心投入。”

"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马。”

"Success is a great deodorant."
“成功是个伟大的除臭剂。”

"You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal."
“当你身陷丑闻当中的时候才会发现谁是你真正的朋友。”

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

“重要的不是拥有，而是得到。”

"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."

“我觉得布什总统根本没有为艾滋病做任何事。事实上，我都不能确定他会不会拼艾滋这个单词。”

"I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on."
“关于《埃及艳后》我记得的真的不多。还有很多别的事儿在进行呢。”

"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."

“我感觉有些男人在到达一定年纪后就害怕成长了。好像男人年纪越大，他们新娶的妻子年龄就越小了。”

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

“我是个幸存者——是一个经历过苦难而且生存下来的活生生的榜样。”

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

“宝贝，这些我都经历过来了，我是个勇敢的母亲。”

"Everything makes me nervous - except making films."
“拍电影以外的所有事情都让我紧张。”

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

“我只跟和我结婚的男人上过床。有几个女人敢这么说？”

"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100万美元为我拍张照片，我当然不会笨到拒绝他。”

"Marriage is a great institution."
“婚姻是一所好学校。”

"People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz."
“跟我很熟的人都叫我伊丽莎白，我不喜欢别人叫我利兹。”

"So much to do, so little done, such things to be."
“要做的事情有那么多，完成的却只有那么一点。事情就是这样。”

"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."
“我不喜欢我的声音。我不喜欢我的外表。我不喜欢我走路的样子。我不喜欢我的表演方式。我真的这样认为。所以，你看，我不喜欢我自己。”