If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
BETTE MIDLERIf you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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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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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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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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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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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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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking – to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.
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When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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