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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Bette Davis

The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
BETTE DAVIS

Humanity Men Sex
I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

Believe Children Myself Parents
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
BETTE DAVIS

Character Difficult Success
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Forgiveness Heartless Quality Stuck Up
I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
BETTE DAVIS

Female Generation Myself
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Experience Mom Phone Year
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
BETTE DAVIS

Age Beginning Cake Old Time
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVIS

Age Couple
Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
BETTE DAVIS

Evil Forget People Yourself
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Hate People Worth Yourself
It’s true we don’t know what we’ve got until its gone, but we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
BETTE DAVIS

I Miss You Missing Pain True
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
BETTE DAVIS

Art Herself Opinion Women
If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
BETTE DAVIS

Right Yourself
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVIS

Bored Friendship Tears
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Animal Discover Mistake Yourself
I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
BETTE DAVIS

Lucky Myself

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