I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
BETTE MIDLERIf you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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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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I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Where did I do well?” When I did this assessment of my life, I said to myself, “It was really good.”
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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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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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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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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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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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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