We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
BETTE DAVISAlmost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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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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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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I work to stay alive.
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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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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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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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