People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
BETTE MIDLERI 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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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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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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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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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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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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