A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVISIn this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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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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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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It’s true we don’t know what we’ve got until its gone, but we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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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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Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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