Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
BETTE DAVISTemperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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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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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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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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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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 have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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 firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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