Bette Midler Quotes
I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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And then I think now we are - you know his - like I've always said. His spirit is so large that we feel his presence around the show, and we always will. He will always have a voice.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.
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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.
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We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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The loneliest, most down-on-his-luck person can have a dog who adores him. The most bitter, sour person can light up with joy when he sees his dog. It is magical and, as 'The Dog Master' reveals, it is biological - we evolved together.
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Americans have long trusted the views of Democrats on the environment, the economy, education, and health care, but national security is the one matter about which Republicans have maintained what political scientists call 'issue ownership.'
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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Ultimately, for me, weight is something I have to deal with every year, but I do it with food because I love food. But it's a struggle; it's something that I think about.
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We worked with Jean-Marc Vallée on Big Little Lies in terms of finding style. Because when you have five women, you're trying to find how they each dress and how they present themselves to the world.
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Sometimes, promoting economic development means accepting the Herculean task of moving and modernizing a prison.
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I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.
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"What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web."
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I would much rather watch myself than listen to myself. The moving is second nature, but the listening... that's the art.
