The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career. Bette Midler More Quotes by Bette Midler More Quotes From Bette Midler Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns. Bette Midler autumn summer spring We are all part of the ecosystem. Bette Midler ecosystems Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get. Bette Midler parks cutting new-york That's our mission: to clean and green New York City - one block at a time. Bette Midler block cities new-york As you age, feelings do diminish. Bette Midler diminish age feelings Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft. Bette Midler cooking perfect life 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. Bette Midler sound dresses way I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music. Bette Midler certain kind wanted If you're frightened, you're out of luck. Bette Midler frightened luck ifs What I have in me... it's not hard, and it's not cold, and it's not fierce ambition, that's not what it is. It's a drive [for success], but it's not a drive...it's being driven, it's something I have no control over. It's something pushing me, I'm not pushing myself. Bette Midler cold pushing ambition When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself. Bette Midler steady inspired jobs I love nature, in spite of what it did to me. Bette Midler nature-love spite Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed. Bette Midler broken-heart soul love 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. Bette Midler growing-up mother people 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. Bette Midler sensitive effects From a distance the world looks blue and green, Bette Midler distance ocean men Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down? Bette Midler money I've always said we got married because there was nothing on TV. Bette Midler married tvs breakup My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor. Bette Midler sibling independent teacher It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. Bette Midler dance fear dream