Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
BETTE MIDLERUnfortunately, 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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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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You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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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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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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