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.
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.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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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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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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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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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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