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I had always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form... a beautiful house, beautiful man, a beautiful life and image. I was ambitious to get the money which would attain all that for me.

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Joan Crawford
Age: 73 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: May 10
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Military City
USA
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Dammit, don't you dare ask God to help me!
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I absolutely will not allow anyone to call me grandmother. They can call me Auntie Joan, Dee-Dee, Cho-Cho, anything but grandmother. It pushes a woman almost to the grave.
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