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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.

Bette Midler

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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Book Saws World
Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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Mean People Trying
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
When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Country Generous Kids Shortchange Understand
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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Easy Lasts Tacky
Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Down Market Money
I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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Fun Giving People
When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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Drinking People Smoking
You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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People Space Use
When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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Humorous Inspirational New York
If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Flag Passionate Running
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
Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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Dump Garbage Possible Wanted
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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Frightened Luck Out

I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.

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