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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!

Bette Midler

I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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House News Stories Watches
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Block Cities Country
The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Funny Jealousy Success
It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
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Different Stars Years
I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Effect Good Read Sensitive
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Expectations People Unrealistic
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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Ideas Song Voice
My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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Let Mother Musical
Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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Infidelity Pace Smell
The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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Different People Way
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Country Generous Kids Shortchange Understand
Total contentment is only for cows.
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Contentment Cows Total

That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!

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