If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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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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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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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Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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