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If 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 Midler

All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
BETTE MIDLER

Believe Gay Rumor
When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Country Generous Kids Shortchange Understand
If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Actresses Being Different Singers
If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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Laugh Laughing Slave
We are all part of the ecosystem.
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All Ecosystems Parts
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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Stories Way Years
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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Daughter Independent Real
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Independent Sibling Teacher
I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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Easy Lasts Tacky
I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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Doors Ideas Stars
Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Down Market Money
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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Emotional Friends Kind
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Funny Hilarious Love
Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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Hack Just
I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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Men Plenty Relationship

If 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.

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