You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
BETTE MIDLERMy mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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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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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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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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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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