I work to stay alive.
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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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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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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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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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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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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Getting old is not for sissies.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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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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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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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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