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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

Bette Davis

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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

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 Play
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.

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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.
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Experience Reward Shapes
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.

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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Art Opinion Women
Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.

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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Evil Forget People
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.

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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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Age Beginning Cake Old Time
If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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Born Children Men Sex
The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.

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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
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Humanity Men Sex
I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Beginning Time War
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.

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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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Death Inspiration Memories
I work to stay alive.

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I work to stay alive.
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Alive
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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Expense Happiness Lose
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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Confidence Courage Material Self Confidence
I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.

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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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Fashion Legs
What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.

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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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Hollywood Legs
I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.

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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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Men Woman
I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.

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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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Big Life Problem

I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

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