My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
BETTE DAVISIf Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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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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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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I will never be below the title.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
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Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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