I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
BETTE MIDLERI 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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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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I was brought up on rock-‘n’-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn’t get interested in anything else – I tried and tried but I couldn’t get into science…or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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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 sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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