I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
BETTE MIDLERThere’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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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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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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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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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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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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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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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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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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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 can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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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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