If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
BETTE MIDLERIn 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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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 would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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If they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first.
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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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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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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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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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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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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If you pick up a ukulele, it will make you unbelievably happy.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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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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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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My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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I love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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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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