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I’m working my way toward divinity.

Bette Midler

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
I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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Drinking Drunk Perspective
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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Distance Men Ocean
I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Effect Good Read Sensitive
Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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Earn Self Esteem Something
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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Book Saws World
GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Distance God Watching
If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Flag Passionate Running
Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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Dump Garbage Possible Wanted
[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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Cheese Cottages Country
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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Opportunity Phones Waiting
I was brought up on rock-‘n’-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn’t get interested in anything else – I tried and tried but I couldn’t get into science…or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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Cutting Interested Rocks Roll
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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All Delivered Want
Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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Snow Spring Winter
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’m working my way toward divinity.

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