I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
BETTE MIDLERYou can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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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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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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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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I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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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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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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