I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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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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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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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.
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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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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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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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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I’m confident that I’m as intelligent as many people, but I know that I’m not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I’m a shrinking violet because I don’t want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
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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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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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