You 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 MIDLERIt is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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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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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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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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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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