Barbra Streisand Quotes

My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

Barbra Streisand

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MotherMeYoungActressSecretary

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

John Wayne

Black And WhiteBlackHellWhiteSay

Whether you're praying, meditating, you're getting silent, relaxing your mind... and you definitely want to train hard - in the weight room, on the track. You need to do all of it.

Mike Daniels

MindYouTrainWantSilentNeed

I do think, with people in comedy, you can have your time, as it were, and then you don't realise that it might have gone. I hope it hasn't for me. I think what I do is, I just... I just try to plough my own furrow, in a way.

Julia Davis

HopeTimePeopleMeThinkComedy

I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre.

Julia Holter

MusicVoiceListenBlendFit

The thing that is most beautiful about Antarctica for me is the light. It's like no other light on Earth, because the air is so free of impurities. You get drugged by it, like when you listen to one of your favorite songs. The light there is a mood-enhancing substance.

Jon Krakauer

BeautifulLightMeFreeYouEarth

The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction.

Allen Ginsberg

LoveSolitudeWorldBurdenWeight

I used to go to some Harvard parties with my athlete friends, and they would introduce me as 'Winona, the Indian activist.' It made me uncomfortable. I felt like a novelty.

Winona LaDuke

MeFriendsUncomfortableGoAthlete

We need a massive investment in infrastructure in this country.

Susan Collins

CountryInvestmentNeedMassive

Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us.

Mother Angelica

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I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.

Lincoln Chafee

IslandOverRhode IslandPrimaryHad

People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.

Jamie Dornan

PeopleYouToo MuchDoneActorWay

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.

Jamie Foxx

CharacterGreatManPeopleTough

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