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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

Bette Midler

When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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Childhood Dream Thinking
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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Intelligent People Shrinking
I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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Easy Lasts Tacky
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed.
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Broken Heart Love Soul
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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Age Ran Treadmill
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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Ideas Song Voice
If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Funny Hilarious Love
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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Independent Sibling Teacher
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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Essence Issues Thinking
[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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Helen Orchestra Singing
I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can’t physically entertain any longer. It’s what I was born to do, and I love this profession.
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Born Entertaining Way
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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Growing Style Up Writing
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
I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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Planets Sanguine Way
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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Distance Men Ocean

[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.

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