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It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.

Bette Midler

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
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Ecosystems Movie Sick
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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Art Listening Moving
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it’s like a jackhammer.
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Jakhammer Poetry Rap
Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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Cooking Life Perfect
I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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Certain Kind Wanted
I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
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Pruned Tense Upset
People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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Best Hard People Work
The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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Different People Way
hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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Ask Glamorous Grave Think Yourself
Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Down Market Money
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
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
People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Obligation People Potential
There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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Emotional Friends Kind
I read a comment that made me think I should stop singing for a while. And I didn’t want to stop singing, because it was the only thing I loved. At first I thought,
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Please Singing Thinking

It’s the one who won’t be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.

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