You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
BETTE DAVISWhat a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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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.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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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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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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