I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERMy 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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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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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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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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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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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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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 love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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