Bette Davis Quotes
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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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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It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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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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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything 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.
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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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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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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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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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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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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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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.