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.
BETTE MIDLERSome say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
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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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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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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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I’m confident that I’m as intelligent as many people, but I know that I’m not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I’m a shrinking violet because I don’t want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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