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.
BETTE MIDLERIf you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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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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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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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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When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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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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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we’re screwed!
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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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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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