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.
BETTE DAVISThe secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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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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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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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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