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More About Notable WomenBiographies of WomenPictures, Photos, Portraits, PostersToday in Women's History Bette Davis QuotesMore Quotes from Bette Davis I survived because I was tougher than anybody else. 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. Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. Old age is no place for sissies. Three years ago I was forty... forty! Four-oh! That slipped out. Now I suddenly feel as if I've taken all my clothes off. At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door. Everybody has a heart. Except some people. Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me. With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying. More Women's Quotes: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Explore Women's Voices and Women's History
About These Quotes Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2005. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote. Citation information: More About Notable WomenBiographies of WomenPictures, Photos, Portraits, PostersToday in Women's History |
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