Barbra Streisand Quotes
I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
Quotes to Explore
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I grew up on films.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - one of the worst places.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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Everyone learns from their experiences.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
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I'm fascinated by the sprinters. They suffer so much during the race just to get to the finish, they hang on for dear life in the climbs, but then in the final kilometers they are transformed and do amazing things. It's not their force per se that impresses me, but rather the renaissance they experience. Seeing them suffer throughout the race only to be reborn in the final is something for fascination.
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Love is like nothing else on this earth, but only when it is shared with someone wonderful like you.
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Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
