Bette Midler Quotes
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I've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.
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I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.
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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.
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I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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Men's brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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My husband calls it winging it - the way I just took what the studios gave me, didn't do my homework and avoided roles that would risk my image.
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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.
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As an actor, you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.