People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
BETTE MIDLERWhen it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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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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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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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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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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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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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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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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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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