I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
BETTE MIDLERMy 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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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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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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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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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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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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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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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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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’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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