Bette Davis Quotes
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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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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Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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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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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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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 am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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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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Your luck is how you treat people.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
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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.