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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’

Bette Davis

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
BETTE DAVIS

Art Baby Entertainment
It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
BETTE DAVIS

Alone Independent Man Sex
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Dream Inspirational Life
In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
BETTE DAVIS

Business Stars Yourself
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
BETTE DAVIS

Courage Material Self Confidence
Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS

Man Strong Weakness Women
I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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Missing Opportunity Reward Winning
I’ve always liked men better than women.
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Man Woman
I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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Lucky Myself
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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Bored Friendship Tears
Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
BETTE DAVIS

Future Life Past
I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
BETTE DAVIS

Forgiveness Heartless Quality Stuck Up
Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
BETTE DAVIS

Black Myself Proud Thinking
I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
BETTE DAVIS

Boy Interest Myself See Woman
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVIS

Deep Hate People
Getting old is not for sissies.
BETTE DAVIS

Age Old
I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS

Fashion Legs Make Up Myself
Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
BETTE DAVIS

Necessary Thinking Writing
I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
BETTE DAVIS

Live Myself
She’s the original good time who was had by all.
BETTE DAVIS

Goodness Time Women
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.
BETTE DAVIS

Eyes Goodness Hairs Survive Yourself
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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Alcohol Drink Life Time Woman
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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Business Enemy Myself Regret
If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS

Children Hate Parents Yourself
I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
BETTE DAVIS

Men Myself Woman
I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
BETTE DAVIS

Men Thinking Woman
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
BETTE DAVIS

Impossible Improvement Inspirational Motivational

You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’

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