Bette Midler Quotes
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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I'd never done a straight play before, never, and it was very hard work - really, really hard work. It was dense, really wordy, and I was determined to learn every word of it - not just skip over bits and pieces.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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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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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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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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I want it all - and I would like it delivered.
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I have my standards. They're low, but I have them.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.
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My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.
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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating - and then only by waiters.
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I've always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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We're all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.
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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?