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I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
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I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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