I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
BETTE MIDLERIt’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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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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Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities, and that’s why I’m on TV. I wasn’t going to sit around anymore, waiting for the damn phone to ring. I had to create my own place – I’ve always done that.
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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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.
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The inventor of the modern foundation garment that we women wear today was a German scientist and opera lover by the name of Otto Titsling.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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I’m working my way toward divinity.
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[On Helen Reddy:] She ought to be arrested for loitering in front of an orchestra.
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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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As you age, feelings do diminish.
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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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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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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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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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