Life is not fair. And you have to choose your battles, because there are some that you cannot win. If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
BETTE MIDLERWhen I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
BETTE MIDLERFind your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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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.’
BETTE MIDLERI’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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I’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.
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You 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.
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I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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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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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
BETTE MIDLERSelf-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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