I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
BETTE MIDLERA 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.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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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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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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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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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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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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