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Bette Midler

Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world. That’s why I’m concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.
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Book Children Other Worlds
Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Attitude People Space
You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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People Space Use
The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Funny Jealousy Success
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
[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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Cheese Cottages Country
All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Believe Gay Rumor
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Age Birthday Funny Mind
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
When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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Humorous Inspirational New York
We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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Divine Myself Nerves
Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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Mean People Trying
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
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
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
Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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Cities Sometimes Soul Wake

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