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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

You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
BETTE DAVIS

Expectations Happiness
What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
BETTE DAVIS

Hollywood Important Legs
As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
BETTE DAVIS

Business Intelligence Life Love Thinking
You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
BETTE DAVIS

Missing Moments Sailing
I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS

Fashion Legs Make Up Myself
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVIS

Bored Friendship Tears
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
BETTE DAVIS

Business Enemy Myself Regret
The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
BETTE DAVIS

Art Artist Himself Human
I’ve lost my faith in science.
BETTE DAVIS

Faith Lost Science
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
BETTE DAVIS

Death Inspiration Memories
If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

Children Hate Parents Yourself
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Alone Independent Man Sex
I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
BETTE DAVIS

Boy Interest Myself See Woman
I work to stay alive.
BETTE DAVIS

Alive Myself
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Character Children Myself Ourselves Play
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
BETTE DAVIS

Courage Material Self Confidence

Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.

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