[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
BETTE MIDLERI want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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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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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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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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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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