If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
BETTE MIDLERThe [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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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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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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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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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.
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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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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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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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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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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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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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