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I work to stay alive.
Bette DavisBette Davis 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.
Bette DavisBette Davis Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
Bette DavisBette Davis The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
Bette DavisBette Davis 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.
Bette DavisBette Davis 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.
Bette DavisBette Davis The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
Bette DavisBette Davis I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
Bette DavisBette Davis I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
Bette DavisBette Davis I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
Bette DavisBette Davis Your luck is how you treat people.
Bette DavisBette Davis Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
Bette DavisBette Davis We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
Bette DavisBette Davis You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
Bette DavisBette Davis I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
Bette DavisBette Davis The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
Bette DavisBette Davis
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Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
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Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne I’m proud to be part of the Dr. Pepper Scholarship Giveaway. It’s a great program that gives me the chance to brighten the day for some lucky college students with free tuition.
Lou HoltzLou Holtz Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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