There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
BETTE DAVISEvil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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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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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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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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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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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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