The outside world doesn't have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home. Bette Midler More Quotes by Bette Midler More Quotes From Bette Midler My parents used to park us kids at the public library in downtown Honolulu every Saturday. They'd leave us there at 8 A.M. and pick us up at 4 P.M. - so between those hours, you'd better find something to do! I sat upstairs in the picture room and went through opera, ballet, and theater books. I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes - they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn't have much of a social life. Bette Midler makeupkidsbook Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there's a seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes a rose. Bette Midler winterspringsnow It's the Point of Your View that Decides What You See - / One Man's Flop Is Another Man's Hit. / From Manners to Movies, the Picture Keeps Changing / Depending Upon Where You Sit. Bette Midler perspectiveviewsmen I believe that Judy Garland's artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: 'oh, she brought so much of her life to her music', I don't really believe that. I believe that she didn't have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift. Bette Midler meanbelievemoving [On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage. Bette Midler cottageseuropecountry Total contentment is only for cows. Bette Midler cowscontentment I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite. Bette Midler drunkperspectivedrinking If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it. Bette Midler flagspassionaterunning I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say. Bette Midler holidayreligiousself Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer. Bette Midler rap 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. Bette Midler horsecountrybook I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something. Bette Midler lady-macbethpairsshoes 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. Bette Midler growing-upsomewhere-elsethinking 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. Bette Midler pissed-offbeatsimportant In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it's going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction. Bette Midler horsestruggletrying I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part. Bette Midler plentyrelationshipmen I come from an overly confident place. But I'm overconfident because of feelings of inferiority. Bette Midler overconfidentinferiorityfeelings Enough about me. What do you think about me? Bette Midler enoughthinking Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you. Bette Midler passionover-yourunning 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. Bette Midler childhooddreamthinking
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