When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
BETTE MIDLERSometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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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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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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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’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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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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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Image is everything, and the voice or the idea or the song is hardly anything at all. Half the time the person isn’t even doing the singing. I’m a bit cynical about this [music] business.
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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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