I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
BETTE MIDLERI’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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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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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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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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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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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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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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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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