To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
BETTE DAVISThere is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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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.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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