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
BETTE MIDLERI loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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You have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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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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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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Even if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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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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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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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’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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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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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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I’m working my way toward divinity.
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Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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I made a lot of people laugh, made a lot of people cry in a good way, brought a lot of joy to people, picked up a lot of garbage. And in all those years, I saw a lot. I went to foreign lands. I met interesting people. And I got it!
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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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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