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I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

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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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Dames
Goddamn
Nicest
Lived
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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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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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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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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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.
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