[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
BETTE MIDLERI tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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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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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 firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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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 always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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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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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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