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Memorable Quotes by Lauren Bacall
- I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
- Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
- I am not a has-been. I am a will be.
- It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.
- In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.
- Young people, even in Hollywood, ask me, 'Were you really married to Humphrey Bogart?' 'Well, yes, I think I was,' I reply.
- I fairly often have thought how lucky I was. I knew everybody because I was married to Bogie, and that 25-year difference was the most…
- He named me. He liked the sound of it. And I said, well, all right. I felt a little odd about it. I don't understand…
- Well, the people I've known I must say are extraordinary. When I think about some of them, I can't believe that I knew them all.…
- "My obit is going to be full of Bogart, I'm sure," she says, adding, "I'll never know if that's true. If that's the way it…
- Howard Hawks said he'd like to put me in a film with Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. I thought, "Cary Grant-terrific! Humphrey Bogart-yucch."
- I am not a wealthy woman. I wish to hell I was, but I never had a wealthy man.
- Losing Bogey was horrible, obviously. Because he was young. And because he gave me my life. I wouldn't have had a - I don't know…
- Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'
- God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant.
- After the age of 30 in the movie profession, you're pretty well over as far as the casting people are concerned.
- Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have…
- They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work…
- The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.
- No, I'm afraid they might slip and hit a nerve and I'd end up with one side of my face hanging down or something. I'll…
- Everything in this country [the US] has got to be good looks and unlined faces and thin bodies and people running around in skirts slit…
- No, I don't like legend. I mean, I don't like the category. And to begin with, to me, a legend is something that is not…
- My son tells me, 'Do you realize you are the last one? The last person who was an eyewitness to the golden age?' Young people,…
- Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
- You can't always be a leading lady.
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- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
- The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
- I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
- Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
- I am not a has-been. I am a will be. — Lauren Bacall
- It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially. — Lauren Bacall
- In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. — Lauren Bacall
- The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. — Joan Baez