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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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Old age is no place for sissies.
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If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.
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Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.
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Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.
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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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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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