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.
BETTE MIDLERI 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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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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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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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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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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I sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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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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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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