Bette Midler Quotes
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I was elected on April 13 and sworn in two days later, so I had no orientation. I had to figure things out as I went along.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.
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My children didn't when they were little because I thought that they had to be of a certain age. I hoped they liked me well enough not to want to see me in that sort of a spot.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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For me, soccer was a dance.
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Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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Because the Republicans are never going to turn on Trump so long as he still has his base, and he will continue to have his base so long as this idea that he is standing up for workers, it remains intact. And the only way that that gets eroded is if it isn't just about Russia all the time, but is also about those economic betrayals.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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In June 1992, I discovered a lump in my breast. A subsequent mammogram, ultrasound and a needle biopsy proved negative. But my instinct said it still didn't feel right, so I had a lumpectomy. I then got the news that it was cancer.
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When I visit businesses across New Hampshire, they tell me that their No. 1 need is even more highly skilled workers to fill job openings.
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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift.
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Ever since I did that 57.9 last year, the Americans have been analysing me in detail. You can see on the swimming web pages. They are breaking it down in every detail. How many strokes I take. How quick I am in and out of the wall.
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Real power means you can get what you want without having to exert violence.
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Part of the reason I went to college was that I wanted to fade out peacefully: show everybody I had gone through something that was quite challenging and difficult but did so with grace and poise and got an education.
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Get going. Move forward. Aim high. Plan for a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.
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All destruction, by violent revolution or however it be, is but new creation on a wider scale.
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I'm working my way toward divinity.
