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?
BETTE MIDLERCats 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?
BETTE MIDLERAfter thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
BETTE MIDLERThe first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
BETTE MIDLEROne of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
BETTE MIDLERWe’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
BETTE MIDLERLay 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.
BETTE MIDLERI would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
BETTE MIDLERI can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
BETTE MIDLERMy daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
BETTE MIDLERMost people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
BETTE MIDLEREnough about me. What do you think about me?
BETTE MIDLEREven if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
BETTE MIDLERI married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERI’m working my way toward divinity.
BETTE MIDLERThe inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
BETTE MIDLERFind your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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