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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Bette Midler

I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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Anything Stretch Work
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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Age Ran Treadmill
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
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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Daughter Littles Sophie
The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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Heaven Home World
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Broken Heart Love Soul
Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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Brain Fit Men
We are all part of the ecosystem.
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All Ecosystems Parts
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Age Birthday Funny Mind
The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Funny Jealousy Success
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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Nominate Oscar Remember
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
I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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Daughter Grandchildren Young
I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Stories Way Years

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

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