Bette Midler Quotes
I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
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When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things. And I draw my courage from my love for justice and truth, and I calm my fears by comforting those who are more scared than me. And I try to do my best to make the world a better place, one small action at a time, as good as I can.
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The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay.
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When someone has the desire to go to school and has the ability but can't get into our schools, that's wrong. Education drives the economy and the quality of life.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all the human actions we think of as essential to a character - had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
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On stage and in person, I think I am nice, thoughtful, and empathetic. But for some reason when I'm online, I become super aggressive and unhinged. I should probably get off of Twitter and see a therapist.
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The simple fact is, the more people who buy your books, the more are likely to read you. That's what I'd like to see happen.
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I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.
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I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.
