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I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Lauren Bacall

Quoted in The Daily Telegraph

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Topic

Aging Life experience Life

Speaker

Lauren Bacall

Source

The Daily Telegraph

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bacall, Lauren. Quoted in The Daily Telegraph. 2 Mar. 1988.

Shakespeare-the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

Laurence Olivier

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Topic

Shakespeare

Speaker

Laurence Olivier

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Olivier, Laurence. Interviewed by Kenneth Harris. BBC, c. 1966.

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

Mistinguett

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Topic

Kisses

Speaker

Mistinguett

Source

Theatre Arts

Medium

Magazine

Language

French

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mistinguett. Quoted in "Limelights and Footlights." Written by Hedy Clark. Theatre Arts, 1955.

I'm a little bit, you know, seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available... For life to happen to you. We're living this life, we’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it... But if you’re available, then life gets huge... You're really living it.

Bill Murray

Watch this interview at charlierose.com

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Topic

Being present Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Bill Murray

Source

Charlie Rose

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murray, Bill. Interviewed by Charlie Rose. Charlie Rose, PBS, 10 Feb. 2014.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Tallulah Bankhead

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Topic

Cocaine Drugs

Author

Tallulah Bankhead

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bankhead, Tallulah. Tallulah: My Autobiography. Harper & Bros./Victor Gollancz, 1952, ch. 4.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Ethel Barrymore

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Topic

Hollywood Patriarchy Women

Speaker

Ethel Barrymore

Source

The Theatre in the Fifties

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Barrymore, Ethyl. Quoted in The Theatre in the Fifties, written by George Jean Nathan. Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.

With the right footwear one can rule the world.

Bette Midler

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Topic

Girl power

Speaker

Bette Midler

Source

Trenton Evening Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Midler, Bette. "Ask Them Yourself: Question for Bette Midler." Trenton Evening Times, Section: Family Weekly (Newspaper Supplement), 13 Jan. 1980.

Television. That's where movies go when they die.

Bob Hope

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Topic

TV vs. movies TV Movies Hollywood

Author

Bob Hope

Source

1953 Oscars Opening Monologue Oscars Opening Monologue

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hope, Bob. "Opening Monologue." Oscar Awards Ceremony. 19 Mar. 1953, Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.

Barbra Streisand

Life Magazine

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Barbra Streisand

Source

Life Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Streisand, Barbra. Quoted in "Success Is a Baked Potato." Life Magazine, 20 Sept. 1963.