Bette Midler Quotes
I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?

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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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I like being unconventional.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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The strong desire to include every vital component of life instead of excluding part of them for the sake of too narrow and dogmatic an approach has characterized my whole life.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
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I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.
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In England, when we're at drama school, we spend a lot of time learning the craft from playwrights and stage actors, who are very well trained in the basics of acting because they need to get it right the first time - you can't have second or third takes when you're in front of a live audience, unlike in film.
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The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production system. The third parameter has to do with our commercial world, our search for profits.
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I'm influenced a lot by my family. I have a big family.
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I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?