Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
BETTE MIDLERFind your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
More Bette Midler Quotes
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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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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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world. That’s why I’m concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.
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When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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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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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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