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title: "7 Bea Arthur Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Remember a few years ago when they left Bea Arthur out of the death reel at the Oscars? Bea Arthur! How did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-rivers/remember-a-few-years-ago-when-they-left-bea-arthur-out-of-the-death/)

[Joan Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-rivers/)

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> [Estelle Getty used the language of a truck driver, or a sailor. Bea Arthur didn't wear shoes. Bea Arthur was a comic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leland-orser/estelle-getty-used-the-language-of-a-truck-driver-or-a-sailor-bea/)

[Leland Orser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leland-orser/)

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> [I worked on this Showtime series called 'Beggars and Choosers,' this was like 2000, and Bea Arthur guest-starred on our show. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherri-saum/i-worked-on-this-showtime-series-called-beggars-and-choosers-this-was/)

[Sherri Saum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherri-saum/)

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> [My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-azlynn/my-idol-is-bea-arthur-i-really-tried-to-follow-her-example-she-is-one/)

[Valerie Azlynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-azlynn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1de/valerie-azlynn-31104_arthur_my-idol-is-bea-arthur-i-really-tried-to_1367871.jpg)

> [I know Bea Arthur left the Pam Anderson roast really early, but it could have been because she was half dead; I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-lampanelli/i-know-bea-arthur-left-the-pam-anderson-roast-really-early-but-it/)

[Lisa Lampanelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-lampanelli/)

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> [Charles Pierce, Bea Arthur, and I were like a terrible little trio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/millicent-martin/charles-pierce-bea-arthur-and-i-were-like-a-terrible-little-trio/)

[Millicent Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/millicent-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/millicent-martin-91979_arthur_charles-pierce-bea-arthur-and-i-were-lik_2034744.png)

> [I'm on Grace And Frankie, which is also about that time in life, I'm realizing. But I would - so I guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-diane-raphael/i-m-on-grace-and-frankie-which-is-also-about-that-time-in-life-i-m/)

[June Diane Raphael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-diane-raphael/)

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