GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
BETTE MIDLERGOD is watching us, from a Distance.
BETTE MIDLEREnough about me. What do you think about me?
BETTE MIDLERit will cleanse itself, and new life forms, maybe better ones, will come. Meanwhile, we’ll have gotten exactly what we deserved: annihilation.
BETTE MIDLERJust 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.
BETTE MIDLERWe are all part of the ecosystem.
BETTE MIDLERIf they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
BETTE MIDLERI’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
BETTE MIDLERWithout passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
BETTE MIDLERCherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
BETTE MIDLERIf you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
BETTE MIDLERIt’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
BETTE MIDLERI firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
BETTE MIDLERMy mother would only let us go to the musicals.
BETTE MIDLERI married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERhen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
BETTE MIDLEREveryone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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