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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
Bette Midler
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Bette Midler
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
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There's the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there's the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn't sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
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I do look upon all of life as an episode - which is why the people around me are probably on guard!
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I'm even sanguine about that.
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It's important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish - and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can't accomplish.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior. A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!
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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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I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.
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Group conformity scares the pants off me because it's so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn't want to - or can't - join the Big Parade.
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love's not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true ...In this life I was loved by you.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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For some people, a park is the only place in their entire world where they can see something beautiful.
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Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn't even doing the singing. I'm a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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