Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
BETTE MIDLERGOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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it will cleanse itself, and new life forms, maybe better ones, will come. Meanwhile, we’ll have gotten exactly what we deserved: annihilation.
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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 love nature, in spite of what it did to me.
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I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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I was brought up on rock-‘n’-roll. It was sort of funny because I couldn’t get interested in anything else – I tried and tried but I couldn’t get into science…or mathematics, I just cut myself off from anything else there was to get interested in.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!
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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
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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 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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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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Let the sun stop burning, Let them tell me love’s not worth going through. If it all falls apart, I will know deep in my heart, The only dream that mattered had come true …In this life I was loved by you.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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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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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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I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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