Bette Midler Quotes
Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
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Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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I think what 'The Monster' means to me is I find it really hard - like a lot of other people in the world - to really be OK in my own skin. It was a message to myself saying, 'It's OK that you're not perfect.' I'm gonna learn to love myself and accept myself, even though I'm a little crazy.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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I love to just work with new people in general. It's always really fun.
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History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
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We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole.
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The most important thing about a TV set is to get it back against something and not out in the middle of a room where it's like a somber fellow making electronic judgments on you.
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Since 1981, I've spent every Thanksgiving Day broadcasting a game, and it is one of my favorite days. You can say, 'Woe is me, I never get to be part of the tradition,' or you can say, 'Heck, we've got our own tradition, and it's pretty good.'
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Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
