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.
BETTE DAVISWithout wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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’ve lost my faith in science.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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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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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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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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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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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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