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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”

Bette Midler

One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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College Kids School
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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Divine Myself Nerves
I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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Low Lows Standards
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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Careers People Want
We are all part of the ecosystem.
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All Ecosystems Parts
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Broken Heart Love Soul
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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Different People Way
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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Pruned Tense Upset
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?
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Assessment Land Party
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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Else Growing Somewhere Thinking
If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Funny Hilarious Love
Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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Acceptance Inspirational Strong Women
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Cigarettes Cool Smoking
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People

Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”

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