One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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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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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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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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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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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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