Bette Davis Quotes
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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 was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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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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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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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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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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 don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
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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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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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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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Old age is no place for sissies.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.
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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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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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It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.