What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
BETTE DAVISIt 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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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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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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I’ve always liked men better than women.
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