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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

Bette Midler

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
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I’d set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
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Done Looks Mountain
After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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Age Birthday Funny Mind
One of my first role models was Eugene Lang, a wealthy businessman who went back to his elementary school in East Harlem and addressed the sixth-grade class. He looked out at that sea of faces and said, “If any of you wants to go to college, I will pay for it.”
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College Kids School
Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.
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Over You Passion Running
The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Ecosystems Movie Sick
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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Careers People Want
If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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Anything Clothes Feels Right
I try not to drink too much because when I’m drunk, I bite.
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Drinking Drunk Perspective
I loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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Books Costumes Love Photograph Until
I’m working my way toward divinity.
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Divinity Quality Way
Most people don’t deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.
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Balls People
Only two groups of people intimidate me absolutely: salespeople and the French.
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Groups People Two
My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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Cleaning Ideas Superwoman
I’m the last of the truly tacky women. I do trash with flash and sleaze with ease.
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Easy Lasts Tacky
I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
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Believe Fashion World

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