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 DAVISI was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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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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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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Discipline 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.
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I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
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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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