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.
BETTE MIDLERMy mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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I want it all – and I would like it delivered.
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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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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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I’d make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I’ll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.
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When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.
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If someone were to say seriously, “I’m divine,” she’d have to be locked up. There are lots of people in mental institutions going around saying “I’m God.” But because I’m funny about it, they haven’t locked me up yet. And I don’t give myself airs, either.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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A person’s life is a journey, a road. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way through. But you are the only one on that road. It’s your road.
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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening… that’s the art.
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If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.
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