Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
BETTE MIDLERI’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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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,
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It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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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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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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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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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world. That’s why I’m concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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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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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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