Bette Midler Quotes
People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
Quotes to Explore
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I try to get going early, on the assumption that the way you begin your day is the way you continue. But certain books only want to be written at night, so there's no hard rule where work is concerned.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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People believe what they want to believe.
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The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
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Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.
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I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
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It really bugs me the way people criticise how actors look. We're not models. Models exist.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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My audience has really become a very diverse group of people. It's not just 15-year-old girls. That's kind of what allows me to write from all the different places I want to write from.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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I want to be an inspirational model. I want people to look at me and say, 'Wow, she looks healthy.'
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I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm not someone who does one film a year and feels satisfied by that.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.
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I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.
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The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
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My father made me very tough.
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You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
