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 MIDLERMy idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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I’m so glad to be back in New York. Los Angeles can be so cold, so cruel after you’ve been-what’s the word?-oh yes: ‘fired.’
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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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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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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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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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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