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" You can't always be a leading lady. "
Lauren Bacall
Always
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" I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it. "
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" I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire. "
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