Bette Davis Quotes
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I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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I work to stay alive.
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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've lost my faith in science.
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose.
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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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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.
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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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Actually, I think business women are better women at home, if you want to know the truth because you do understand what goes into a day's work out in the world, a very nerve-racking affair.
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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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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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 never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine.
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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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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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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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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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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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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.