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“Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn't know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“I think I showed my restraint by not pulling her hair out by the roots.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“Anything cruel I do is mental, not physical”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“I gave her a look that would exterminate lice.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“One nurse told me to say please when I asked her to do something. She should consider herself luck to be in one piece today.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“I would rather have a go at something I feel, and be hurt, than always be protecting myself—that way one does not really live.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That
“When someone says, “Happy birthday and many happy returns of the day,” I usually say, “If God takes up my option.” In the motion picture business there were once options, usually yearly. If taken up, your contract was extended for another year by the studio. It is appalling to realize that God has taken up my option for seventy-eight years.”
Bette Davis, This 'n That