Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
BETTE MIDLERThe 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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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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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 working my way toward divinity.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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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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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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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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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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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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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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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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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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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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