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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Character Actor
Film Actor
Musician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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Else
Women
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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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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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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.
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I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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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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Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
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People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.
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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 work to stay alive.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
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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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Sex is God's joke on human beings.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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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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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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