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.
BETTE MIDLERThe only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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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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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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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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It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
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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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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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