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Bette Davis
American movie actress
| “ | Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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| “ | This became a credo of mine...attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. | ” |
| “ | I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | 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 Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | 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.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | 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.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
| “ | To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.
The Lonely Life, 1962 | ” |
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