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Sarah Bernhardt (October 22, 1844 March 26, 1923) was a French stage actress..

"For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture."

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"We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and indulgence. The rest I look upon as a mere crowd, lively or sad, loyal or corrupt, from whom there is nothing to be expected but fleeting emotions, either pleasant or unpleasant, which leave no trace behind them."

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"The monster of advertisement... is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat, to spit out again at the public."

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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."

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Bernhardt, Sarah - 95px-Bernhardt_Sarah_di_Giovanni_Boldini.jpeg - Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (?) around 1880.   Photos >>