There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
BETTE MIDLERThere’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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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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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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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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I was brought up on rock-‘n’-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn’t get interested in anything else – I tried and tried but I couldn’t get into science…or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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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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