Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
BETTE MIDLERI wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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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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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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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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Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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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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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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