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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
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- Bette Davis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1929 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Bette Davis: documented activity in 1929. Wikidata Q71206, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71206 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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