![]() ![]() ![]() A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. It's your road.“Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way through. America is so caught up in this celebrity mania! Bette Midler.In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do.Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic? Bette Midler I can't understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, "If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it." When I read that, I burst into tears. One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class.I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back. From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. ![]() 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.Well, romance is not a complete illusion, but it's ephemeral. Why do it if you know it's going to make you miserable? Bette Midler Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound to take it the wrong way. I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore.But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor. ![]()
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