The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
BETTE MIDLERI married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you’re playing somebody’s mother – and there aren’t even a lot of those roles!
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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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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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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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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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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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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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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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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