“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.”

—  Lauren Bacall

Larry King interview (2005)
Context: 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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