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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.

Bette Midler

When I read that, I burst into tears. It was so generous and so basic. Not fluffy. I can’t understand why we scrimp on education and shortchange our kids. Why would the citizenry do that to the people who are going to inherit its republic?
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Country Generous Kids Shortchange Understand
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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Done Looks Mountain
It’s a different world now: Stars come and go quickly, and there are so many of them. I read a statistic that all the record companies combined used to put out around 3,000 albums in a year. Now they put out something like 30,000!
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Different Stars Years
Enough about me. What do you think about me?
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About Enough Thinking
My daughter very independent. But if she’s upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She’s great – a real tough cookie.
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Daughter Independent Real
Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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Acceptance Inspirational Strong Women
Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you
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Light Love You See
There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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Emotional Friends Kind
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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Bigger Life People
Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Enough Foundation Great Lay
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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Pruned Tense Upset
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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Country Cutting Parks
Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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Opportunity Phones Waiting
Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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Cities Sometimes Soul Wake
I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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Anything Stretch Work
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Broken Heart Love Soul
I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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Funny Humorous Memorable
When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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Humorous Inspirational New York
Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.
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Snow Spring Winter
Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Autumn Spring Summer
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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Low Lows Standards
As you age, feelings do diminish.
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Age Diminish Feelings
Through 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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Book Children Other Worlds
When I turned 50, I threw myself a big birthday party, and I looked seriously at what my life has been about. I recommend this to everybody. Ask yourself, “What have I done? How did I do it? Where’d I mess up?
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Assessment Land Party
I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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Lady Macbeth Pairs Shoes

Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.

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Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.

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