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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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I've had a man and I've had a woman, and there's got to be something better.
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Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress.
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I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.
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They aren't making mirrors like they use to.
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I have been tight as a tick! Fried as a mink! Stiff as a goat!
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Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.
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Too many of our countrymen rejoice in stupidity, look upon ignorance as a badge of honor. They condemn everything they don't understand.
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I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.
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I'm as pure as the driven slush.
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Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn't boring.
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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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I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.
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In my lifetime I've been to bed with men, women, and odd pieces of furniture.
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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
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Don't think this has taught me a lesson !
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Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.
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There is less in this than meets the eye.
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I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.
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