When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
BETTE MIDLERI wish America would spend even half as much time complaining about plastics in our oceans as we do about actresses’ plastic surgery.
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then you have a great career.
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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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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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I believe that Judy Garland’s artistry was so fine. I mean, when people say: ‘oh, she brought so much of her life to her music’, I don’t really believe that. I believe that she didn’t have to. She just was a moving human being. That was her gift.
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Sometimes my brain goes on CD shuffle. You know, you put a bunch of CD’s on and hit play and random things come out.
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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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I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
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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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I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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