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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More Bette Midler Quotes
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Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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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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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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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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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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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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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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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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