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Old age is no place for sissies.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Age Old Old Age Place Sissies

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This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

~Bette Davis

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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Allowed Chance Create Dream Fulfill Given Gravy Labor Life Lonely Meat Money Over Potatoes Sweat

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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Aggression Considered Drive Fingers Fist Gathered Knew Like Made Passions Purpose Then Today Together Were

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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Ask Got Moon Oh Stars

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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Accepting Challenges Dead Doing He Key Life Once Someone Stops

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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Basically Believe Bit Cannot Child Enter Fit Home Jungle Outside Outside World Possibly World I Believe I Believe The

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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.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Again Dead Dollars Fifteen Found Guarantee Had Half He Man Marry Me Million Million Dollars Over Sign Who Within Would Year

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Strong women only marry weak men.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Marry Men Only Strong Strong Women Weak Weak Men Women

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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

~Bette Davis

Topics: Else Everything Everything Else Expense Found Happiness Lose Sure Sure Way Want Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: April 5th, 1908

Died: October 6th, 1989

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