Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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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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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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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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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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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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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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I’m confident that I’m as intelligent as many people, but I know that I’m not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I’m a shrinking violet because I don’t want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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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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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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