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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.

Bette Midler

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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Air Giving People
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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House News Stories Watches
I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Planets Sanguine Way
When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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Ashes Mortals Shuffle
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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Cities People Want
When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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Dream Fuzzy
I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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Daughter Grandchildren Young
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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Drinking Drunk Perspective
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
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
Culturally, it’s very hard to change people’s attitudes about public space.
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Attitude People Space
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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Divine God Mad
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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Clothes Heart People

In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.

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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.

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