If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
BETTE MIDLERThank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
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I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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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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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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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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