"To be good is to be forgotten. I'm going to be so bad I'll always be remembered."
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As quoted in "The Confessions of Theda Bara" by Agnes Smith, Photoplay Magazine, Vol. 18 No. 1 (June 1920), pp. 57–58, 110–111
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Theda Bara
Theda Bara was the stage name of Theodosia Burr Goodman (29 July 1885 – 7 April 1955), a silent film actress popularly known as "The Vamp." One of Hollywood’s first major movie stars, she become known for her exotic style and as a sex symbol in the first few decades of the 1900's. Most of her work has been lost.
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