Bette Midler Quotes
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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My grandfather milked several cows twice a day and supplied the neighbours with dairy products. He liked to go visiting around the county on Saturdays, and he also enjoyed the neighbours when they came by once a week with their empty milk jars. He walked them out to their cars and hung over the driver's side window until they drove off.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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If you're overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you're creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.
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'What's My Line' 1971 was a magical experience as I was still in my teens, and it was my first appearance. You know how they say you never forget 'your first'!
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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Luckily, I went to school at CalArts, and then ended up here at Disney, starting in the Animation Building and working my way up. I started as an animator, and then did character designing and storyboarding, and eventually, directing.
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If someone says I can't do something, I always think I'm going to totally do this to annoy you.
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People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
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I am a woman above everything else.
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I've always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
