Bette Davis Quotes
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. It is man's last desperate stand at superintendency.
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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 will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.
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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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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
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I work to stay alive.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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I've lost my faith in science.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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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.
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You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
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Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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On gay men: Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.
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From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.