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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
Bette Midler
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Bette Midler
Age: 78
Born: 1945
Born: December 1
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People put barriers up in your path, and one of those barriers is age. They tell you, You're too old. You don't photograph so well anymore. I know I don't photograph so well anymore, so what can I do? I can do something different, where it doesn't matter as much how I look.
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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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