Quote by Sarah Bernhardt
Legend remains victorious in spite of history. - Sarah Bernhardt

Legend remains victorious in spite of history. – Sarah Bernhardt

Other quotes by Sarah Bernhardt

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Beauty
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Superstition
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You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm. – Sarah Bernhardt

Category:
Actors, Acting
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History
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The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. – Hendrik Wilhelm van Loon, The Story of Mankind

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History

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. – John F. Kennedy

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History

The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. – Irving R. Kaufman

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History

Im so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes. – Zoe Saldana

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History

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