The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
BETTE MIDLERSome say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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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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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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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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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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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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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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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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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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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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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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