There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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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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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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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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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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