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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.

Bette Midler

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.
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Book Country Horse
A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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Bigger Life People
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 married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Ecosystems Movie Sick
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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Believe Mean Moving
If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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Dresses Sound Way
Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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Entertainment Life Smart
There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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Time Trying World
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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Let Mother Musical
Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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Acceptance Inspirational Strong Women
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
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
When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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Dream Fuzzy

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.

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