There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
BETTE DAVISI 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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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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 wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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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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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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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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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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