Bette Midler Quotes
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it's going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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There are bugs and there are the pigeons and other predators, but you shouldn't be afraid of them, because this is how nature works.
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If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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I'm the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream. But I was too young to be Ethel.
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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. Then you're in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, "What will I do between now and then?" Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform - your contribution to the world.
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If you're frightened, you're out of luck.
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I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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I was brought up on rock-'n'-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn't get interested in anything else - I tried and tried but I couldn't get into science...or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister Act' movie, but I said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.' I literally said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.'
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All these children [who did not have music and art classes at school] go out into the world without knowing that there is anything other than what they have. Of course, children do look at TV, but what does it give them?
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.
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Just because people don't meet you doesn't mean they're not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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I'm mad about God! That's why I'm divine.
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.