Lauren Bacall Quote

You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you learn if you're a New Yorker? The world doesn't owe you a damn thing.

Interview of 1996, quoted in "Lauren Bacall Dies at 89; in a Bygone Hollywood, She Purred Every Word" by Enid Nemy, in The New York Times (12 August 2014)

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/movies/lauren-b...

You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you...

You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you...

You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you...

You just learn to cope with whatever you have to cope with. I spent my childhood in New York, riding on subways and buses. And you know what you...