Bette Davis Quotes
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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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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.
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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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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all.
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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
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I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your din-din.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it's even worse because there's deep resentment.
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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.