“To look back is to relax one's vigil.”

— Bette Davis

The Lonely Life http://books.google.com/books?id=iyNaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22To+look+back+is+to+relax+one's+vigil%22&pg=PA11#v=onepage (1962)

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film and television actress from the United States 1908–1989

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