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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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Actress
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Character Actor
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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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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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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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 world's all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That's what writers are thinking about because that's what the world is thinking about.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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She's the original good time who was had by all.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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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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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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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
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I've always liked men better than women.
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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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In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
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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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