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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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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
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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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The male ego with few exceptions is elephantine to start with.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they'll never propose again.
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To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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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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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
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In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
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I believe one should be a woman at home.
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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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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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I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
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