When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
BETTE MIDLERWhen it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
BETTE MIDLERIf sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
BETTE MIDLERMen’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
BETTE MIDLERThrough books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
BETTE MIDLERI 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,
BETTE MIDLER[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
BETTE MIDLERLet the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
BETTE MIDLERMost people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
BETTE MIDLERCats 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?
BETTE MIDLERAfter thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
BETTE MIDLERI 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 MIDLERThat’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
BETTE MIDLERFrom a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
BETTE MIDLERYou 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.
BETTE MIDLERI love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
BETTE MIDLERI think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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