She’s the original good time who was had by all.
BETTE DAVISThe only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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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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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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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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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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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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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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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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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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