The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
BETTE MIDLERThe worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
BETTE MIDLERLet 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.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
BETTE MIDLERWhen it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
BETTE MIDLERYou 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 MIDLERA lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
BETTE MIDLERI celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
BETTE MIDLEROne of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
BETTE MIDLERTotal contentment is only for cows.
BETTE MIDLERI 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?
BETTE MIDLERI 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.
BETTE MIDLER[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
BETTE MIDLERI’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
BETTE MIDLERI’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.
BETTE MIDLERYou can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
BETTE MIDLERThe Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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