Bette Davis Quotes
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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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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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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 never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
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I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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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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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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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 believe one should be a woman at home.
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If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.
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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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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.
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You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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The world's all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That's what writers are thinking about because that's what the world is thinking about.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!