From the age of 14 until I was 50, I just got on a treadmill and ran. I never stopped to assess what I was doing or to pat myself on the back.
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More Bette Midler Quotes
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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A lot of people say that my life is wasted on me because I could be a bigger asshole than I am, but I’ve chosen not to be.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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My parents taught me: Do not rely on a man. Not rely on it that you get married and it pays for you. That’s what I figured. I have always paid my own bills.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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You can’t just have a clean public space – you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw them in.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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If you’re frightened, you’re out of luck.
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That’s our mission: to clean and green New York City – one block at a time.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.
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Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
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