What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
BETTE DAVISLife is the past, the present and the perhaps.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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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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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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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.
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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.
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