You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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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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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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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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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Lay 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.
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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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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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