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Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.

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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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Life
Perhaps

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Old age ain't for sissies
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I've always liked men better than women.
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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 often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.
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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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Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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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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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.
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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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