Self-esteem is something you have to earn!
BETTE MIDLER[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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I feel like a million tonight – but one at a time.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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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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I’m mad about God! That’s why I’m divine.
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Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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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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Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I think most of us are torn. We have at least two people at war in our body. One person wants to retire and grow fabulous tomatoes, and the other wants to stand up on a pedestal and be worshipped and get bigger and bigger and bigger until she explodes.
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