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If I were well behaved, I'd die of boredom.
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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I'm as pure as the driven slush.
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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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I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
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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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I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.
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If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
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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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