Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
BETTE MIDLERThe only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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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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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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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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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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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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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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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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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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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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