Bette Midler Quotes

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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Book Children Other Worlds
It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
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Different Stars Years
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Actresses Being Different Singers
GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Distance God Watching
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Ecosystems Movie Sick
I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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Art Cancer Light
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
I 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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Garbage Good Lot People Saw Way
I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
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Growing Style Up Writing
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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Opportunity Phones Waiting
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Cigarettes Cool Smoking
I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Stories Way Years
That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Block Cities Country
I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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Holiday Religious Self
As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Age Diminish Feelings
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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Anything Stretch Work
I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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Pruned Tense Upset
In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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Horse Struggle Trying
People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Obligation People Potential
Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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Infidelity Pace Smell
Even if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
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Fighting Race Years
Total contentment is only for cows.
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Contentment Cows Total
If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Flag Passionate Running

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