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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 Bankhead Tallulah: My Autobiography (1952)

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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.

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

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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