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.

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Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (; 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 known for her performances in a...

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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone—but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.

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.

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

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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

—Bertrand Russell

You can't rest on your laurels. Your own body of work is yet to come.

—Barack Obama

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. It's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.

—Lawana Blackwell

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Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

—Gautama Buddha

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