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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

Bette Midler

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
When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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Ashes Mortals Shuffle
Sold my soul. Bought these devil chains.
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Chain Devil Soul
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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Grow Up Mother People
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
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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Believe Mean Moving
Marriage is such hard work. And it’s full of rage and real human drama.
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Drama Hard Work Real
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’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’ve always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.
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Always Breakup Married
You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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Compassion Feelings Feels
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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Cadillacs Couple Sex
When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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Drinking People Smoking
Me, I’m just a hack. I’m just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.
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Hack Just
I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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Audience Enough Lucky
[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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Helen Orchestra Singing

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

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