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If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
Bette Midler
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Bette Midler
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
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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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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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