It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
BETTE DAVISThe world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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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 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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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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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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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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