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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.

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
I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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Books Costumes Love Photograph Until
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Expectations People Unrealistic
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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Horse Struggle Trying
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
If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Funny Hilarious Love
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
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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Essence Issues Thinking
People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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Best Hard People Work
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Cigarettes Cool Smoking
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Ecosystems Movie Sick
When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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Childhood Dream Thinking
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Compassion Feelings Feels
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

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