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I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.
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
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Huntsville
Alabama
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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Going
Phobias
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Bed
Alone
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A Republican. A Republican. That's worse than being a goddamned Communist!
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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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Don't think this has taught me a lesson !
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