Bette Davis Quotes
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I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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It's true we don't know what we've got until its gone, but we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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Sex is God's joke on human beings.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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I work to stay alive.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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Success only breeds a new goal.
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I've lost my faith in science.
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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
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There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.