Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
BETTE MIDLERLet the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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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 have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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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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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?
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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 tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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