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 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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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
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We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.
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Middle-class Americans really don't want to hear about sacrifices or trade-offs - except as flattering descriptions about how ready we, as a people, are, or used to be, to accept them.
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Only about 2 percent of people can work entirely without supervision. We call those people 'leaders'. This is the kind of person you are meant to be and that you can be, if you decide to be.
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I'm not the kind of person who needs to be a mother no matter what. Life brings you people. Maybe I'll nurture someone who's not my child, like a friend, or an actor I'm working with who needs some love.
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I don't like violence. I get sick from violence. Do you think people are excited by violence?
