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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.

Bette Davis

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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
Success
Inherent
Disappointment
Built

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I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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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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Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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