You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
BETTE MIDLERI sold my soul to rock ‘n’ roll.
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Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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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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Through books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world.
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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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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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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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In a marriage, you struggle and struggle and struggle, and then you realize that you have to ride the horse in the direction it’s going. You stop trying to pull the reins in another direction.
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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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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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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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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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There’s the media-driven universe, in which the public perceives you in a superficial way. Then there’s the universe that you actually inhabit, where you have to get up even if you didn’t sleep so well, and you feel like crap and your face is swollen.
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Total contentment is only for cows.
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