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Best Lauren Bacall quotes to live by

Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89, leaving an endless string of smart, funny and inspirational one-liners behind her. Here are our favourite Lauren Bacall quotes to live a glamorous life by
By Amy Lewis
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Lauren Bacall on ageing

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‘I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.’

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Hello scene with Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep

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Lauren Bacall on men

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‘Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.’

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Lauren Bacall on fiancé Frank Sinatra

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‘I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.’

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Lauren Bacall on imagination

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‘Imagination is the highest kite that can fly.’ – from her autobiography By Myself And Then Some.

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Lauren Bacall on life

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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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Lauren Bacall on marriage

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‘I don't sit around thinking that I'd like to have another husband; only another man would make me think that way.’

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Lauren Bacall on loving yourself

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‘I’m not ashamed of what I am – of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it.’

‘I don’t like everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I’m not sure where the next years will take me – what they will hold – but I’m open to suggestions.’

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Lauren Bacall on fighting for what you want

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‘You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.’

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Lauren Bacall on the future

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‘I am not a has-been. I am a will be.’

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Lauren Bacall on compromise

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‘You can't always be a leading lady.’

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Lauren Bacall on contentment

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‘I figure if I have my health, can pay the rent and I have my friends, I call it content.’

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Lauren Bacall on Tom Cruise and celebrities

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‘It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.’

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