If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVISAlmost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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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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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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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I will never be below the title.
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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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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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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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