You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
BETTE DAVISYou mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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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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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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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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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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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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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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It’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.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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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.
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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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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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I work to stay alive.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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