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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
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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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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
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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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