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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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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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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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Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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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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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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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 want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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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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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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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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Old age is no place for sissies.
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People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.
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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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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
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