It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.
BETTE MIDLERI’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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Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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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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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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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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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I’m working my way toward divinity.
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Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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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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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It’s the voice of hope, it’s the voice of peace, it’s the voice of every man
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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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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