I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVISIt’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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I work to stay alive.
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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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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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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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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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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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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