Bette Davis on forgiveness
Bette Davis119 quotes“I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.”
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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.
Bette DavisBette Davis It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
Bette DavisBette Davis I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
Bette DavisBette Davis The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
Bette DavisBette Davis Pray to God and say the lines.
Bette DavisBette Davis What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
Bette DavisBette Davis The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
Bette DavisBette Davis Success only breeds a new goal
Bette DavisBette Davis My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
Bette DavisBette Davis I’ve lost my faith in science.
Bette DavisBette Davis If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
Bette DavisBette Davis 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 DavisBette Davis The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Bette DavisBette Davis I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
Bette DavisBette Davis An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
Bette DavisBette Davis One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
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Anyone who idolizes you is going to hate you when he discovers that you are fallible. He never forgives. He has deceived himself, and he blames you for it.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.
Mitch AlbomMitch Albom Happiness, where forgiveness unfolds and peace begins.
LoreleiLorelei The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
John VianneyJohn Vianney The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.
Steve MaraboliSteve Maraboli To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul
Bob DylanBob Dylan Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.
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