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The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.
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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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
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I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
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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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I've always liked men better than women.
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I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.
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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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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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You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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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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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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