My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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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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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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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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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’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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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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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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