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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.

Bette Midler

I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Believe Fashion World
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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Independent Sibling Teacher
My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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Men Parent Pay
One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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College Kids School
I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Memorable Women
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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Daughter Littles Sophie
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
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Age Culture Mother
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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Fun Giving People
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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Done Looks Mountain
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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Heaven Home World
There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Media Sleep Way
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Compassion Feelings Feels
Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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Dump Garbage Possible Wanted
I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Planets Sanguine Way

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