I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
BETTE DAVISYou can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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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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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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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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