Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
BETTE MIDLERWe are all part of the ecosystem.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?
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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 wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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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.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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