Getting old is not for sissies.
BETTE DAVISWe movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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.
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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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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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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 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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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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