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.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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 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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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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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As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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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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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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