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Ruth Elizabeth Davis (/ˈbɛti/; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) 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 famous for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films, suspense horror and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.

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If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.

Dull, Everybody, Likes, Pretty, You Re Pretty

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your din-din.

Breakfast, Bring, Eat, Food, Forget, Forget You

I've always liked men better than women.

Liked, Men, Women

I work to stay alive.

Alive, Stay, Staying Alive, Work

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Empowering, Inspirational Women, Survived, Tougher, Women

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

Actors, Artist, Difference, Differences, Integral, Part

I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!

Died, Four, Husband, Party, Squirming, Uncomfortable

Getting old isn't for sissies.

Getting Old, Old, Sissies, Sissy

I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!

Coat, Dog, Should Have, Thinking, Wearing

People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. . . . I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.

Cheer, Life, Moment, People, Romance, Stood

You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? 'She did it the hard way. '

Gravestone, Hard, Know, Knows, Way

[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist. . . They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.

Art, Arts, Gay, Group, Say, Stupid

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.

Left, Location, Sound, Stage, Tough, Years

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

Fake People, Good, Keep, Mirrors, Ukulele, Worked

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

Respect, Funny Marriage, Ends, Afraid, Marriage

I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.

Dishonest, Keep, Think, Thinking, Too Much, Trouble

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

Funny, Hair, Kiss, Life, Washed, Witty

She did it the hard way.

Gravestone, Hard, Tombstone, Way

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

Actresses, Become, Dislike, People, Pretend

I believe one should be a woman at home.

Believe, Home, I Believe, Woman

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