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If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
Actor
Actress
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Character Actor
Film Actor
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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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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I believe one should be a woman at home.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they'll never propose again.
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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today I knew it then as purpose.
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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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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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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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