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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
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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I've lost my faith in science.
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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.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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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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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 sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back.
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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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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
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If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.
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I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
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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.
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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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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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Strong women only marry weak men.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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