Bette Midler Quotes
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
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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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I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.
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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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Melbourne is the kind of town that really makes you consider the question 'Is there life after death?
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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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've forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I'm too young.
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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 fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.
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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 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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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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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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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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Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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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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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.