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If you want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, be an audience.

— Tallulah Bankhead

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My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.

Tallulah, Darling: A Biography of Tallulah Bankhead (1980)

The cynic says "blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." I say "blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed."

But these are the people who never get it.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah: My Autobiography (1952)

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have the time.

The Pleasures of Diaries: Four Centuries of Private Writing (1989)

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