Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
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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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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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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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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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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