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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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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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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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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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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[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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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 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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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
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I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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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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