Tallulah Bankhead Quotes

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.

Tallulah Bankhead

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1902 - December 12, 1968

Topics

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I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.

Joe Shuster

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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.

John Avlon

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Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?

John O'Hara

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I went to the Old Bailey, and I met a judge, and I was petrified, but they were like, 'Oh, you're an actor, well, great.' It was a bit like we're cut from the same cloth a little bit.

Maxine Peake

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Storytelling has a narcotic power.

Robert Harris

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If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.

Jean Simmons

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I use the computer as a tool. Like chance or the camera or the other tools I've used, it can open my eye to other ways of seeing or of making dances. It's not simply to do a trick.

Merce Cunningham

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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

St. Vincent

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People can get information - on entertainment, politics, finance - much easier than before. That will change the way people do business, the way people live.

Robin Li

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I just kind of feel like it's my choice to do what I want to do. And my agent, he's totally with it. He tells me, 'You can turn down any audition you don't want to.'

Luke Benward

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Making a record and being a touring artist is about cooperation between spirit, craft, emotion, and focus.

Lizz Wright

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I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

Jonny Wilkinson

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