I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERSometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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