Tallulah Bankhead Quotes
If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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So I think that our foreign policy, the president's strong and principled leadership when it comes to the war against terror and foreign policy is going to be an asset.
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 years we're holding our own.
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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.
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If we don't do it, somebody else will. The Chinese, the Europeans and the Japanese all have the goal of going to the moon. Certainly we don't want to wake up and see that they have a base there before we do.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.
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To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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Many of my students assume that government protection is the only thing ensuring decent wages for most American workers. But basic economics shows that competition between employers for workers can be very effective at preventing businesses from misbehaving.
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Nature, it appears, has been rather more bountiful to Paul's body and purse than to his intellect; above the ears, speaking bluntly, the boy is strictly tapioca.
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
