Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws.

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• Ava Gardner:

  Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

• Ava Gardner:

  I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

• Ava Gardner:

  I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

• Ava Gardner:

  I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn hard with all three,

• Ava Gardner:

  Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mista

• Ava Gardner:

  It's fine being stared at as a pretty girl, but not as a freak. When I tried to make myself ugly, t

• Ava Gardner:

  I was born with good health and a strong body and spent years abusing them.

• Ava Gardner:

  I go on tremendous health kicks - exercise, yogurt, no booze. Of course, I smoke too much.

• Ava Gardner:

  There was no way the marriages could have survived. Nor do I regret that they didn't.

• Ava Gardner:

  I do owe Mickey one thing: he taught me how much I enjoyed sex.