hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
BETTE MIDLERCherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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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 love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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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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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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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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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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