My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
BETTE DAVISWomen are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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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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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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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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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
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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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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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