I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
BETTE MIDLERThrough books and photographs, I saw a world that was not my own – and I realized that there was another world. That’s why I’m concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds.
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Just because people don’t meet you doesn’t mean they’re not out there breaking their asses trying to get around.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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That’s the Oscars for ya – you remember who was nominated, but you don’t remember who won!
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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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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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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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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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Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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For days on end, I would hardly speak, and when I did only the vilest sort of gibberish would spout forth. I became morose and fat. Unapproachable, except when eating – and then only by waiters.
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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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