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Diagnosis 39 FamousLastWords No one ever did anger quite like Barbara Stanwyck. Whether young or old, she could reduce you to a quivering mess with her stare alone. And when she talked, she could make anyone who crossed her regret the day they were born. In one of her last appearances, in The Thorn Birds, she hurled this at poor Richard Chamberlain, who didn’t want to fuck her for the stupid reason that he was a priest and made the even stupider mistake of reminding her of her age: “Let me tell you something, Cardinal de Bricassart, about old age and about that god of yours, that vengeful god who ruins our bodies and leaves us with only enough wit for regret. Inside this two-­bit body, I am still young. I still feel. I still want. I still dream. And I still love you. Oh god, how much!” How I idolize Barbara Stanwyck . . . ...

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