I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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 wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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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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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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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 bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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