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I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.

Bette Midler

I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.
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Holiday Religious Self
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
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
Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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Infidelity Pace Smell
Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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Book Country Horse
I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Rocks Roll Sold Soul
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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Essence Issues Thinking
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
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Expectations People Unrealistic
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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Lady Macbeth Pairs Shoes
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
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
Even if the whole human race dies off because we keep fighting and killing each other and being heartless, the planet will take care of itself. Eventually, after millions of years.
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Fighting Race Years
hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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Ask Glamorous Grave Think Yourself
A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Cigarettes Cool Smoking

I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.

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