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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

Bette Midler

I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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Bears Grudge Mind
I wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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Country Ocean Wish
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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Opportunity Phones Waiting
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Always Breakup Married
People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Obligation People Potential
I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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Thinking Two War
You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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Bread Sliced Thinking
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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Hard People Self Esteem Work
Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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Brain Play Random
If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Funny Hilarious Love
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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Books Costumes Love Photograph Until
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Age Birthday Funny Mind
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Compassion Feelings Feels
I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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Daughter Grandchildren Young

I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.

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