The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
BETTE MIDLERI always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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A person’s life is a journey, a road. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way through. But you are the only one on that road. It’s your road.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
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I’m working my way toward divinity.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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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 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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