For my peculiar face, I look best when I look as though I'm not wearing make-up.
Lauren BacallRead
I fairly often have thought how lucky I was. I knew everybody because I was married to Bogie, and that 25-year difference was the most fantastic thing for me to have in my life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The speaker reflects on their fortunate life experiences due to their marriage, emphasizing the unique benefits of their age difference.
In this quote, Lauren Bacall expresses her gratitude for her life and the connections she made because of her marriage to Humphrey Bogart. She highlights the significant age difference between them, framing it as a uniquely enriching aspect of her life that brought her a variety of experiences and opportunities, indicating that the love and relationships we cultivate can profoundly shape our lives.
Themes
LoveRelationshipsGratitudeAge DifferenceLife Experiences
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech at a wedding, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of relationships and love across ages.
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I was this kid, and I was scared to death of all these pros around me... My head would shake, and my hands would shake, and I discovered if I kept my head down and looked up, my head would not shake, so I started to do that when I could, when it was appropriate in a scene.
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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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I wasn't brought up as a society girl to go to balls and be a debutante and marry the social set and money and go to parties. No one in my family lived like that. And I never wanted to live like that. I was brought up to believe in work. I always wanted a career. Always.
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Well, 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. And I think the reason I knew most of them at the beginning was because they were of Bogie's generation, 25 years my senior, not mine. But they were the most talented people of all.
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