I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
BETTE DAVISDiscipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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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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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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