Bette Davis Short Quotes

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Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon – we have the stars.

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The male ego, with few exceptions, is elephantine to start with.

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Of a starlet:
There goes the famous good time that was had by all.

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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

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If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

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Joan always cries a lot. Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder.

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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

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Of a a starlet:
I see – she's the original good time that was had by all.

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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.

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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

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This became a credo of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

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The real actor–like any real artist—has a direct line to the collective heart.

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I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. It's my life.

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Of Jayne Mansfield:
Dramatic art, in her opinion, is knowing how to fill a sweater.

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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

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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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The man, my dear, is never going to make a marriage work. If it works, the woman does it.

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Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve

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There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

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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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Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

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I have always been driven by some distant music—a battle hymn no doubt—for I have been at war from the beginning.

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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.

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