You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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More Bette Midler Quotes
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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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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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades 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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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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I 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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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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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.
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