Unless you’re willing to look a little foolish, forget the possibility of becoming great.
CHERSome years I’m the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone’s so over me, and I’m just so past my sell date.
More Cher Quotes
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I am the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people.
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If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life.
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You can’t just sit around and watch life pass you by. You have to keep dreaming. Sonny taught me that, and I intend to do him proud.
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Don’t buy into the idea that women aren’t strong enough to do anything they want on their own.
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I’m scared to death of being poor. It’s like a fat girl who loses 500 pounds but is always fat inside. I grew up poor and will always feel poor inside. It’s my pet paranoia.
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My mother was the most creative, fantastic person and would come up with great things for us to do. She’d buy art supplies and all of us would sit around painting. I was lucky.
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You’ve probably noticed already that I’m dressed like a grown-up… I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again.
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I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, ‘Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!’
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One thing about prejudices — once you break one of them, you’re screwed, because then they all have got to go.
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I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off.
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I felt impotent and out of control, which I really, really hate. I had to find sanctuary in a place where I could gather my thoughts and regain my strength.
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What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can’t do that, And there’s no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I’ve got time to think it through, And maybe I’m too good for you!
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Some years I’m the coolest thing that ever happened, and then the next year everyone’s so over me, and I’m just so past my sell date.
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Everyone’s got to have a dream. It’s not reaching your dream that counts. It’s going toward them.
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I can trust my friends… these people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow.
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I am a part of history whether people want to take it seriously or not.
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Singing is like going to a party at someone else’s house. Acting is like having the party at your own house.
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Husbands are like fires – they go out when they’re left unattended.
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Someone once said “The only thing that will be left after a nuclear holocaust is Cher and cockroaches.” I think that’s funny, because, you know, I am a survivor. If I am anything, that’s what I am.
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Women have to harness their power – it’s absolutely true. It’s just learning not to take the first ‘no.’ And if you can’t go straight ahead, you go around the corner.
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Don’t take your toys inside just because it’s raining.
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I wouldn’t mind living with someone forever. I don’t really want to get married. I don’t see any reason for it. And yet I’m so romantic that every time I think I meet someone I want to live with them forever and ever.
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Going hungry never bothered me – it was having no clothes.
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All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.
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Yes, it’s a man’s world, but that’s all right because they’re making a total mess of it. We’re chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it’s a difficult task, but it’s not.
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The only thing in the world you can change is yourself and that makes all the difference in the world.
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