Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
BETTE MIDLERI can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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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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It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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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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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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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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