Women’s History Month — Greta Garbo, the Mysterious One

Veronika Kaufmann
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3 min readMar 7, 2021

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Image Credit: Greta Garbo, freeclassicimages.com

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

There are some who want to get married and others who don’t. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference.

You don’t have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

All the above quotes from Greta Garbo. She, in my opinion rocked it. I totally agree with all of them. Who wants to get married? Okay, I’ll let that one go because a lot of people love spending tons of money on that special day.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

Greta Garbo was my kind of movie star. No fake smiles to be found. She had a job, she did her job magnificently while preserving her mystery; she kept her private life private. Well, as private as she was able during the golden days of Hollywood. But I was and still am of the opinion — if you want your privacy — you can have it.

It’s not necessary to be everywhere all the time showing whatever it is, one does to stay fresh, fantastic and fabulous. Me — I don’t really…

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