Bette Midler Quotes
When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
Quotes to Explore
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The second I met Zac, I thought he was a really cool guy. It's hard not to have chemistry with someone who is so attractive.
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I've never been a partier.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Desire creates its own object.
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I like to see people enjoy using my product. This is the mission of an engineer.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.
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Motherhood was an ever widening circle of good-byes.
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Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.
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But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.
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It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
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When I finally did stop and look at my life, I realized that I had done what I'd set out to do. In my pitiful little way, I had climbed the mountain I had chosen. And there I was, on top.
