You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
BETTE MIDLERYou have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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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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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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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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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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