If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
BETTE MIDLERPeople are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
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Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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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.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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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.
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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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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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It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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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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