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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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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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
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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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I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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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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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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Old age is no place for sissies.
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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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Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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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 am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.
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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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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.
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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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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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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.