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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.

Bette Midler

It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
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Different Stars Years
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Cigarettes Cool Smoking
The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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Heaven Home World
Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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Book Saws World
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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Air Giving People
Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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Energy Music Performers
All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Believe Gay Rumor
Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Down Market Money
GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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Distance God Watching
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Funny Jealousy Success
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
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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Anything Stretch Work
I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Stories Way Years
Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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Hack Just
I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Always Breakup Married

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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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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