Bette Midler Quotes
When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.
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I started getting really interested in comedy when I was in middle school.
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Every time - well, not every time, but in celebration of a great review or a great accolade, I take the team of Daniel to Katz's Deli for lunch. We take the trip on the subway, we were like 40 or 50 people, and we go in the back room and have a pastrami sandwich.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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If you sing beautifully about nothing, no one will listen. If you sing badly about great stuff, no one will listen. Ideas are everywhere, but my theory is that a writer doesn't just think of an idea: they perform them.
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I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama.
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It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.
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Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!
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I like that whole cop-comedy type of drama.
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I'm a country girl. I have to be in nature, so my daughter is exposed to it a lot.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?
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My comedy doesn't come from any calculations and studies.
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What's great about 'The Daily Show' is I can use satire and push the envelope. I couldn't do that anywhere else. Even if I was a journalist.
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I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.
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For the record, my mother is an astonishing and loving grandmother.
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I tend to go with a daytime look, pretty natural, but I always fill in my eyebrows - I hate if I leave the gym and my eyebrows aren't done; I'm just very uncomfortable with myself.
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Dr. King is so inspiring, so impressive, so moving as a human being.
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Twitter is not a business. I know its founders would like to think it is. It is, for the most part, a diversion.
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When my daughter was younger we showed her all the great musicals. And the great dramas and great comedies, and the one that she took to the most was Some Like It Hot.
