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Naïveté, thy name is me.

Lauren Bacall

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Lauren Bacall
Age: 89 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 16
Died: 2014
Died: August 12
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Acting is a life of rejection.
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I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.
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I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word!
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The times in which we're currently living unfortunately, our great leader [George W. Bush] is such a disaster and the entire country is in disastrous shape because of him. It's very frightening, actually, to think that this country has become what it's become and that so many people voted for a man like that. It's terrifying.
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His (Frank Sinatra) attention span was not long, shall we say.
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I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
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I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it 'content.'
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Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'
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Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.
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