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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

Bette Davis

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.
BETTE DAVIS

Experience Myself Reward Shapes
Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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Mean Trust White Wine
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Live Myself
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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Boy Interest Myself See Woman
I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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Big Life Myself Problem
Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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Night Yourself
To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Appearance Relax
You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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Inspirational Lose Talent Yourself
I’ve lost my faith in science.
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Faith Lost Science
The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Actors Heart Reality
I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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Enemy Fire Hate Help
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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Age Couple
The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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Art Artist Himself Human
I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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Funny Hairs Life Myself
In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Business Stars Yourself
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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Missing Opportunity Reward Winning
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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Courage Material Self Confidence
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Art Herself Opinion Women
You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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Expectations Happiness
I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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Men Myself Woman
If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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Person Yourself
Strong women only marry weak men.
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Man Strong Weakness Women
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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Adventure Cheat Funny Love Marriage
You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
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Enough Myself Thinking
I’ve always liked men better than women.
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Man Woman
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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Goodness Hero Old People
You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Bad Dead Goodness Yourself

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

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