I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
BETTE DAVISYou know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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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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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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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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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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