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.
BETTE MIDLERFor days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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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.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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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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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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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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Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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