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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.

Bette Midler

Total contentment is only for cows.
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Contentment Cows Total
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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Cheese Cottages Country
As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Age Diminish Feelings
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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Back Cold Country Cruel Glad
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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Flower Heart River
That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Block Cities Country
I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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Men Plenty Relationship
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Independent Sibling Teacher
Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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Book Saws World
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
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
For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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Depression Eating Speak
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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Growing Style Up Writing

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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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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