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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.
Tallulah Bankhead
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Tallulah Bankhead
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 31
Died: 1968
Died: December 12
Actress
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Film Actor
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Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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Acting is a form of confession.
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If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
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