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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Bette Davis

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.
BETTE DAVIS

Beginning Myself Time War
You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
BETTE DAVIS

Missing Moments Sailing
The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
BETTE DAVIS

Man Reality Woman
I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
BETTE DAVIS

Enemy Fire Hate Help
There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
BETTE DAVIS

Hate Heaven Myself
Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS

Man Strong Weakness Women
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVIS

Expense Happiness Lose
Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
BETTE DAVIS

Family Hollywood Myself Young
I work to stay alive.
BETTE DAVIS

Alive Myself
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVIS

Age Couple
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
BETTE DAVIS

Live Myself
Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
BETTE DAVIS

Future Life Past
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVIS

Deep Hate People
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Business Intelligence Life Love Thinking
To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVIS

Appearance Relax
Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
BETTE DAVIS

Home Yourself

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

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