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.
BETTE MIDLER[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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The 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 [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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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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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Writing 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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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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