We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
BETTE MIDLERI’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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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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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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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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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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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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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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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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