It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
BETTE MIDLERI 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!
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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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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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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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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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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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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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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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