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 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。”
　　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 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。”
　　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 deodorant."
　　“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 scandal."
　　“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 puppy past security?"
　　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？”