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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Bette Midler

Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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Ashes Mortals Shuffle
Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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Mean People Trying
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Attitude People Space
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
I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Memorable Women
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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Funny Nice Wise
I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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Cadillacs Couple Sex
Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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Ideas Song Voice
When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Country Generous Kids Shortchange Understand
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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Born Entertaining Way
I never know how much of what I say is true.
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Cynicism Funny Truth
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

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

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