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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.

Bette Midler

Unfortunately, every time there’s a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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Country Cutting Parks
Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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Infidelity Pace Smell
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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Block Cities Country
One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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College Kids School
I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
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Growing Style Up Writing
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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Careers People Want
I’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Always Breakup Married
Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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Gay God Happened Thank
Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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About Enough Thinking
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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Independent Sibling Teacher
When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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Ashes Mortals Shuffle
I’m confident that I’m as intelligent as many people, but I know that I’m not as intelligent as some. So in the presence of hyperintelligent people, I’m a shrinking violet because I don’t want to look like a fool. I know a little about a lot and a lot about a little.
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Intelligent People Shrinking
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Expectations People Unrealistic
If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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Flag Passionate Running

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