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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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Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn't know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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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I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.
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From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
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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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If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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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 am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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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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To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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