When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?
BETTE MIDLERMusic is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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I 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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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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I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
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I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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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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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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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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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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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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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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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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