[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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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 love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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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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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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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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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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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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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking – to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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Previously, the jokes were more related to current issues, political. Today people make about each other either funny or about people like Kim Kardashian. It’s brutal. Everything is so much vielschmutziger.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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For 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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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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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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