We are all part of the ecosystem.
BETTE MIDLERWriting 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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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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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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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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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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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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I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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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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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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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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