Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
BETTE DAVISOnce 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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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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 was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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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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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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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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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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