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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.
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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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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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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She's the original good time who was had by all.
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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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The world's all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That's what writers are thinking about because that's what the world is thinking about.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
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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 you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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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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I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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