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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

Bette Midler

I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Effect Good Read Sensitive
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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Bigger Life People
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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Happy Picks Ukulele
It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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Beats Important Off Pissed
It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
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Age Culture Mother
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
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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College Kids School
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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Essence Issues Thinking
I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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All Delivered Want
We are all part of the ecosystem.
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All Ecosystems Parts
Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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Country Cutting Parks
Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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Brain Play Random
I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Always Breakup Married
I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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Lady Macbeth Pairs Shoes
Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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Cities Sometimes Soul Wake
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Enough Foundation Great Lay
That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Block Cities Country
I wouldn’t say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
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Memorable Women
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
I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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Please Singing Thinking
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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Certain Kind Wanted
it will cleanse itself, and new life forms, maybe better ones, will come. Meanwhile, we’ll have gotten exactly what we deserved: annihilation.
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Annihilation Costume Exactly Gotten
I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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Art Interested Not Perfect

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.

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