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Singer-songwriter

Bette Midler, born on December 1, 1945, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive voice and sense of humor, she was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s and 1980s. Midler's musical and performance style is diverse, ranging from pop music to Broadway shows, and she has achieved great success in both.

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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.”

People Thinking Country Courses Easy Travel Filled Historical Treasure Poison Rats Going To Work Monument Disneyland Laundromats

Book:A View from a Broad

Source: A View from a Broad

“I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.”

People Thinking Want Persons Two War Body Grows Bigger Retiring Torn Fabulous Tomatoes Pedestal

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“I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It's brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.”

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“You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.”

Thinking Knows Bread Sliced Bread

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“Enough about me. What do you think about me?”

Thinking Enough

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“The people who are out to destroy the environment think they're going to get away with it. Are they breathing different air than we're breathing? Are they eating different food? I mean, where do they think they're going to go? What do they think is going to be better than what they have destroyed? I just don't get it.”

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“While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking - to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.”

Thinking Wanted Challenges Growing Up Growing Somewhere Else

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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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“When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. Then you're in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, "What will I do between now and then?" Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform - your contribution to the world.”

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“I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?”

People Thinking Violence Sick Excited

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“Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?”

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Author:Bette Midler

About the Author

Born: December 1, 1945
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 175

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