Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
BETTE DAVISThere’s only one way to work — like hell.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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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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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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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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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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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