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!
BETTE DAVISPleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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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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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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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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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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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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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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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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