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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

Bette Midler

You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
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Daughter Littles Sophie
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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Grow Up Mother People
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
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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Bread Sliced Thinking
Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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Light Love You See
When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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Dream Fuzzy
I never know how much of what I say is true.
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Cynicism Funny Truth
The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Birth Giving Virgins
If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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Frightened Luck Out
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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Fun Giving People
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
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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Done Looks Mountain
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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Brain Play Random
Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Enough Foundation Great Lay
If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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Air Giving People

People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

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