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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Bette Midler

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Bette Midler
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
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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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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
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I'm so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you've been-what's the word?-oh yes: 'fired.'
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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