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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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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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.
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Every day carries with it a responsibility.
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The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.
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The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up in being a black actor; I'm just an actor who is a black woman. It's not about forgetting that you're black, but you don't need to be hammered over the head, either; it just is what it is.
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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.