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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

Nose, Cheek, Hairstyle, Chin, Forehead, Eyebrow, Mammal, Collar, Iris, Pleased,
‘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

Nose, Lip, Eye, Eyebrow, Eyelash, Style, Iris, Monochrome photography, Beauty, Monochrome,
‘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

Clothing, Leg, Hairstyle, Shoe, Trousers, Human body, Jacket, Collar, Sitting, Outerwear,
‘It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially.’

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