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[On being asked in her later years if she were Tallulah:] I'm what's left of her, dahling.
Tallulah Bankhead
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Tallulah Bankhead
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1968
Died: December 12
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Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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Don't think this has taught me a lesson !
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Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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I have been tight as a tick! Fried as a mink! Stiff as a goat!
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Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.
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There is less in this than meets the eye.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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