北京时间的3月23日晚，世界著名的美国女演员、全球最漂亮的女人伊丽莎白?泰勒辞世，终年79岁。有“玉婆”之称的伊丽莎白?泰勒被认为是影史上最优秀的女演员之一，经典作品包括《埃及艳后》和《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》，并曾经两次获得奥斯卡影后桂冠。

以下摘录的是伊丽莎白泰勒最有名的20条语录。

Dame¹ Elizabeth Taylor, who has died aged 79, on success, diamonds and failed marriages.

1: "Big girls need big diamonds."

“大女孩需要大钻石。”

2: "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。”

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

“砰的一声，我从我的粉色云端跌落。”

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

“我是个忠诚的妻子。我也应该为这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。”

6: "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。”

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。”

8: "I’m a survivor² - 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。”

9: "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。”

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

“拍电影以外的所有事情都让我紧张。”

11: "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？”

12: "If someone's dumb³ 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。”

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马。”

14: "Success is a great deodorant⁴."

“成功是个伟大的除臭剂。”

15: "You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal⁵."

“当你身陷丑闻当中的时候才会发现谁是你真正的朋友。”

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

“重要的不是拥有，而是得到。”

17: "Marriage is a great institution."

“婚姻是一所好学校。”

18: "eople 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。”

19: "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。”

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。”

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 puppy⁶ past security⁷?"

2009年，伊丽莎白泰勒还加入了推特大军。有一次住院期间，她在推特上给凯西爱尔兰留言说：“亲爱的，谢谢你送的那么漂亮的花和祝福。你能带着我的小狗过安检吗？”