Bette Midler Quotes
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I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
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It's the Point of Your View that Decides What You See - / One Man's Flop Is Another Man's Hit. / From Manners to Movies, the Picture Keeps Changing / Depending Upon Where You Sit.
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I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.
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I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That's my core business, and that's where I'll always return.
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.
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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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Melbourne is the kind of town that really makes you consider the question 'Is there life after death?
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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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Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.
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I've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.
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I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?
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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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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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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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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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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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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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People put barriers up in your path, and one of those barriers is age. They tell you, "You're too old. You don't photograph so well anymore." I know I don't photograph so well anymore, so what can I do? I can do something different, where it doesn't matter as much how I look.
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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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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment.