I don’t know what I want. Nobody knows — or if they do, they don’t know for long. I mean, you don’t want the same thing long enough for it to be What… - Tallulah Bankhead

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I don’t know what I want. Nobody knows — or if they do, they don’t know for long. I mean, you don’t want the same thing long enough for it to be What You Want From Life in capital letters. Well, maybe some people do. Maybe there's a few simple folks — or maybe a few million, I don't know — who fix their hearts, and their minds, and their everlasting souls on a thing, and keep on all their lives hoping for it. Living for it. Wanting It From Life. But these are the people who never get it.

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About Tallulah Bankhead

Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (31 January 1902 – 12 December 1968) was an American actress of the stage, screen and radio, known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, devastating wit, and reputation as a libertine.

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Birth Name: Tallulah Brockman Bankhead
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