Lauren Bacall quotes - page 2

Hollywood is the only place in the world where an amicable divorce means each one gets fifty percent of the publicity. (Lauren Bacall)

If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow." (as Marie 'Slim' Browning in)

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Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.

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You learn to rise above a lot of bad things that happen in your life. And you have to keep going.

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Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you're alive, it isn't.

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You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with.

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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.

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BACALL: "I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it. Even though..." KING: "Wait a minute. Are you a liberal?" BACALL: "I'm a liberal. The "L" word!" KING: "Egads!" BACALL: ... I love it. 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 a small mind... I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say "The L word". I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

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I used to tremble from nerves so badly that the only way I could hold my head steady was to lower my chin practically to my chest and look up at Bogie. That was the beginning of The Look.

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Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

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I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be. (Lauren Bacall)

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

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When everything happens to you when you're so young, you're very lucky, but by the same token, you're never going to have that same feeling again. The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

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You can't always be a leading lady.

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My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.

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I am essentially a loner.

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I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.

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Acting is a life of rejection.

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Men need to feel important. They feel better when they're with younger girls or unknown girls.

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I've always felt that work - learning from people who know more than I know - is what keeps you going.

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Patience was not my strong point. (Lauren Bacall)

I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.

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When a woman reaches twenty-six in America, she's on the slide. It's downhill all the way from then on. It doesn't give you a tremendous feeling of confidence and well-being.

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I never believed marriage was a lasting institution. I thought that to be married for five years was to be married forever.

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You realize yourself when you start reflecting - because I don't live in the past, although your past is so much a part of what you are - that you can't ignore it. But I don't look at scrapbooks.

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Lauren Bacall

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Occupation: American Actress
Born: September 16, 1924
Died: August 12, 2014
Quotes count: 68
Wikipedia: Lauren Bacall

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