Bette Davis Quotes
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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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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.
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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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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've lost my faith in science.
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I work to stay alive.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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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 never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can't get.
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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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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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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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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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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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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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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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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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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.