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.
BETTE DAVISYou can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
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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 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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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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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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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
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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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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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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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