Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
BETTE MIDLERThat’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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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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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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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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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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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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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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Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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