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.
BETTE MIDLERThe inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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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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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Most people are walking around the city like corpses; they aren’t alive enough to notice the trash. They come from other places and they see it as a big garbage dump.
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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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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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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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Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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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’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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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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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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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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