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Bette Davis

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
BETTE DAVIS

Attractive Men Old Woman
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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Experience Mom Phone Year
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Deep Hate People
I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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Female Generation Myself
I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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Big Life Myself Problem
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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End Fame Ourselves Stars
Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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Heart People
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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Alcohol Drink Life Time Woman
If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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Born Children Men Sex
If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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Dull Pretty Yourself
You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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Fun Pain Yourself
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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I Miss You Missing Pain True
Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
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Character Difficult Success
One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
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Career Careers Hollywood Myself Respect Truth
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
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Character Myself
Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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Necessary Thinking Writing

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