It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
BETTE DAVISI was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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.
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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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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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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