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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
Bette Midler
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Bette Midler
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
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Humor disarms people. They don't feel threatened.
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Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.
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I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority.
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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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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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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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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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I've chosen not to be.
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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn't want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought, Maybe I'll get better and eventually please the person who wrote about my singing. But then I thought, I probably will never please this person. I should just do what pleases me.
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before one actually visits them, everyone tends to think of their favorite countries as one grand Disneyland filled with national monuments and historical treasures conveniently laid out for easy viewing, when what they really are filled with, of course, is people going to work, laundromats and places to buy rat poison.
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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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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Melbourne is the kind of town that really makes you consider the question 'Is there life after death?
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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn't take anything drastic. You needn't be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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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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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that's sick.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it's full of rage and real human drama.
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