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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.

Bette Davis

Pray to God and say the lines.
BETTE DAVIS

God Prayer
Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
BETTE DAVIS

Character Children Myself Ourselves Play
If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

Children Hate Parents Yourself
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
BETTE DAVIS

Death Inspiration Memories
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 DAVIS

Attractive Men Old Woman
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Dream Inspirational Life
One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
BETTE DAVIS

Brain Enemy Myself Thinking
I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS

Fashion Legs Make Up Myself
I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
BETTE DAVIS

Confidence Myself Stuck
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVIS

Deep Hate People
Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS

Man Strong Weakness Women
Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
BETTE DAVIS

Commitment Humanity Love Religion
There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
BETTE DAVIS

Hate Heaven Myself
If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
BETTE DAVIS

Right Yourself
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
BETTE DAVIS

Live Myself
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
BETTE DAVIS

End Fame Ourselves Stars

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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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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