Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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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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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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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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Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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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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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking – to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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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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A 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.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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