There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
BETTE DAVISAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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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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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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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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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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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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It’s true we don’t know what we’ve got until its gone, but we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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