Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
BETTE MIDLERFor days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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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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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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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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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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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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Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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