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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.

Bette Midler

It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
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Dance Fear Philosophy
When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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Drinking People Smoking
There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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Time Trying World
The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Funny Jealousy Success
I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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All Delivered Want
I’m working my way toward divinity.
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Divinity Quality Way
If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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Dresses Sound Way
The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Birth Giving Virgins
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
Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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Book Country Horse
I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
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Growing Style Up Writing
I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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Art Interested Not Perfect
All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Believe Gay Rumor
I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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Thinking Two War
I never know how much of what I say is true.
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Cynicism Funny Truth
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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Garbage Good Lot People Saw Way

I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.

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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.

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