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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.

Bette Midler

I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Stories Way Years
If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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Actresses Being Different Singers
The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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Bombarded Grow Up Ideas
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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Anything Stretch Work
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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Block Positively Sound
Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Hard People Self Esteem Work
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Down Market Money
I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Effect Good Read Sensitive
The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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Heaven Home World
Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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Chain Devil Soul
I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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Believe Mean Moving
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
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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Assessment Land Party
When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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Childhood Dream Thinking

Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.

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