I hate myself on the screen. I want to die. My voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet. I’d love to be tall and willowy. I’m short.
ELIZABETH TAYLORI was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.
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I’m not afraid. Life is just such an adventure to me.
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Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.
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The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
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Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it’s the most accessible luxury.
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I’ve always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.
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I don’t like my voice. I don’t like the way I look. I don’t like the way I move. I don’t like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don’t like myself.
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I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.
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I was born with scoliosis. I have a double curvature of the spine, and it’s forced me to use a wheelchair because the disease has really taken hold. It really saddens me that I can’t ride.
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Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.
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I’ve never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I’m here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.
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The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.
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Michael Jackson is part of my heart. We would do anything for each other.
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How can money be the root of all evil when shopping is the cure for all sadness?
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I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being – to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame.
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I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.
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