GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
BETTE MIDLERI always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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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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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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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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[On Denmark:] … that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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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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Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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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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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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