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 DAVISYes, burn your bridges.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I’ve always liked men better than women.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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