Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
BETTE MIDLERWhen 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?
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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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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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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When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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I was brought up on rock-‘n’-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn’t get interested in anything else – I tried and tried but I couldn’t get into science…or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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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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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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