Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
BETTE MIDLERSometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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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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One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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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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I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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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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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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