Barbara Mandrell Quotes
You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.

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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
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I believe that of all the things I have done, exciting though many of them have been, there's no doubt in my mind that the most worthwhile have been the establishing of schools and hospitals, and the rebuilding of monasteries in the mountains.
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We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
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The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. That's the only music you can do that with.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.
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To do two things at once is to do neither.
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I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.
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People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.
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You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.
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My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.