Bette Davis on passion
Bette Davis119 quotes“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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Bette DavisBette Davis 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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Bette DavisBette Davis 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.
Bette DavisBette Davis It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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