With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
BETTE DAVISShe’s the original good time who was had by all.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Success only breeds a new goal
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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I’ve always liked men better than women.
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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.
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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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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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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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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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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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