Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.

Quote by Bette Davis

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I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

I've lost my faith in science.

I've lost my faith in science.

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

Who gossips so much around here?

Who gossips so much around here?

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...

Hollywood is the only industry, even taking in soup companies, which does not have laboratories...