Bette Midler

b. 1945 · American singer, actress & comedian

Bette Midler is an American entertainer known as much for her sharp, quotable wit as for her Grammy- and Tony-winning stage and screen career. The earliest documented form of this shoe aphorism — a 1980 quip about footwear letting one “rule the world” — comes from her, though the polished modern wording evolved in later retellings before being misattributed to Marilyn Monroe.

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“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world”

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