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.
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Bette Davis
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About Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis was an American actress of film, television, and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, w…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Bette DavisA sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
Sex is God's joke on human beings.
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
I've lost my faith in science.
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In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Old age is no place for sissies.