Bette Midler Quotes
From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, it's the voice of every man
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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I've always felt a bit hard done by in England – you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but it has felt like nobody has even heard of me in my home country.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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Time stays, we go.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
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I hate all the terrorists in the world, whatever the purpose of their struggle. However, I support every active civil revolt against any occupation, and Israel, too, is among the despicable occupiers. Such revolt is both more just and more effective, and it does not extinguish one's spark of humanity.
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If people don't like it my music now, they will.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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The artist has to make the viewer understand that his world is too narrow, he has to open up to new perspectives.
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A race cannot be purified from without.
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I had a visit from an artist friend who basically said, "Your paintings are wonderful. Now stop." It did resonate with me. It hit on the percolating need for change that was already there. I got a little push. I did a group of the paintings early on that were among the best. It was sort of beginner's luck with these.
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From a distance the world looks blue and green, and the snow-capped mountains white. From a distance the ocean meets the stream, and the eagle takes to flight. From a distance, there is harmony, and it echoes through the land. It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace, it's the voice of every man
