Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
BETTE MIDLEREven if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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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.
BETTE MIDLERLay 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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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
BETTE MIDLERYou have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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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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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
BETTE MIDLERMen’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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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.
BETTE MIDLERI 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 married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERI married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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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
BETTE MIDLERWhen 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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