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BETTE MIDLERImage is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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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.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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