Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
BETTE MIDLER[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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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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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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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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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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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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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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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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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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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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