Barbara Stanwyck
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I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor. BARBARA STANWYCK My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty... BARBARA STANWYCK Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I ... BARBARA STANWYCK Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. BARBARA STANWYCK Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. BARBARA STANWYCK I'm now the Lord of the Brighton Manor. BARBARA STANWYCK There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close. BARBARA STANWYCK Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what ... BARBARA STANWYCK BARBARA EHRENREICH BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA BUSH BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA WALTERS BARBARA BOXER BARBARA DEMICK BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA CORCORAN Trust is to human relationships what faith is to gospel living. It is the beginning place, the found... 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BARBARA STEELE Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology. BARBARA STEELE I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots... BARBARA STEELE After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs... BARBARA STEELE A major problem for Black women, and all people of color, when we are challenged to oppose anti-Semi... BARBARA SMITH One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply ... BARBARA SMITH You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness. BARBARA SMITH This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite. BARBARA SMITH Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be. BARBARA SMITH Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entit... BARBARA SMITH BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER BARBARA SHER Each author has his or her own voice. I read each book slowly so I can see the patterns they use to ... BARBARA ROSENBLAT I went to Disney World for the first time, and I got an ice cream cone. The kid at the booth recogni... BARBARA ROSENBLAT As I read, I start to form clear ideas of the characters and allow myself to be a proper conduit for... BARBARA ROSENBLAT I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Wat... BARBARA ROSENBLAT I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all ... BARBARA ROSENBLAT Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook. BARBARA ROSENBLAT Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man. BARBARA PYM How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should t... BARBARA PYM I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a c... BARBARA PARK My own pregnancies were all about me, me, me. My aches, my pains, my swollen feet, and my body that ... BARBARA PARK My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how de... BARBARA PARK I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful. BARBARA PARK My senior year of high school, I was voted 'Wittiest.' So, several years later, I decided to... BARBARA PARK I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron. BARBARA PARK Of all the novels I've written, my favorite is 'Mick Harte Was Here'. BARBARA PARK Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is... BARBARA PARK Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad. BARBARA PARK I'm so lazy as far as liking to get up, go to the office in my pajamas, get dressed about noon. ... BARBARA PARK I like to think that Junie B. looks at the world - and this isn't a negative comment on her - fr... BARBARA PARK I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books. BARBARA PARK There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh. BARBARA PARK I find that when I'm struggling to think of how a six-year-old would feel about something, I jus... BARBARA PARK I wasn't that over-the-top, but I got sent to the principal in first grade for talking. And my f... BARBARA PARK For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job. BARBARA PARK All of my characters are less than perfect. BARBARA PARK There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of... BARBARA PARK In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great ... BARBARA OLSON He decided to plunge on with pardons over the department's objections, or where he knew that the... BARBARA OLSON Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon. BARBARA OLSON There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all ... BARBARA OLSON From what we've heard about George W., he has a lot issues that he wants to run on. They're ... BARBARA OLSON Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversi... BARBARA OLSON Mistakes were made is something we heard back in '92, and that has sort of been the Clinton admi... BARBARA OLSON It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at ... BARBARA OLSON Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable ... BARBARA OLSON I think that's going to be an issue: Whether or not voters are going to get more of the same in ... BARBARA OLSON The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as t... BARBARA OLSON I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls... BARBARA OLSON The decision that has to be made was whether it was material, whether he knew he was lying under oat... BARBARA OLSON Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of autho... BARBARA OLSON It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize... BARBARA MCCLINTOCK I never thought of stopping, and I just hated sleeping. I can't imagine having a better life. BARBARA MCCLINTOCK I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them. BARBARA MCCLINTOCK If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you o... BARBARA MCCLINTOCK BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL BARBARA MANDRELL I've gotta stick to my roots, and my roots are blues. BARBARA LYNN I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him... BARBARA LYNN I decided that playing piano was a little bit too common, you know what I mean? BARBARA LYNN You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play somethin... BARBARA LYNN I tell my grandchildren - I've got seven of them - to go to college and get that degree first. I... BARBARA LYNN In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think... BARBARA LYNN I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to per... BARBARA LYNN God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life. BARBARA LYNN I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush. BARBARA LEE We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they'... BARBARA LEE What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into somethi... BARBARA LEE I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against... BARBARA LEE The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our de... BARBARA LEE I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slop... BARBARA LEE We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must ... BARBARA LEE We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served t... BARBARA LEE I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in thei... BARBARA KRUGER I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds... BARBARA KRUGER I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists ... BARBARA KRUGER It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practi... BARBARA KRUGER Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages... BARBARA KRUGER I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what... BARBARA KRUGER Power doesn't just exist. It is threaded through different mechanisms of control. I'm intere... BARBARA KRUGER I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are cons... BARBARA KRUGER I always say that I'm an artist who works with pictures and words, so I think that the different... BARBARA KRUGER Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs ... BARBARA KRUGER Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to sur... BARBARA KRUGER I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, ins... BARBARA KRUGER Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality whic... BARBARA KRUGER Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, a... BARBARA KRUGER I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of mome... BARBARA KRUGER It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves. BARBARA KRUGER I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning new... BARBARA KRUGER I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. BARBARA KRUGER Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. BARBARA KRUGER Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated... BARBARA KRUGER I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. BARBARA KRUGER I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation ... BARBARA KRUGER I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle. BARBARA KRUGER We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will ta... BARBARA KOPPLE Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking. BARBARA KOPPLE I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmakin... BARBARA KOPPLE I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - w... BARBARA KOPPLE BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time. 
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ... 
The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety perc... 
The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety perce... 
Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep befor... 
People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don't care about animals to the ex... 
Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it... 
He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-ni... 
'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger complim... 
Ninety percent of leadership is the ability to communicate something people want. 
A business like acting is 90% luck. You can be a star one minute and out of work the next. 
What statute was violated, if any, in turning a man exactly ninety degrees from everything else? 
In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisone... 
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. 
Did you know that people who meet at least three different times within twenty-four hour period are ... 
Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war.” Ninety-eight 
Emotional intelligence, more than any other factor, more than I.Q. or expertise, accounts for 85% to... 
I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do,... 
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. 
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. 
Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four. 
Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is... 
Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it. 
Obviously, you will always see more malware targeting Android because Android is used more than any ... 
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. 
A good lover? One percent talent and ninety nine percent hard work. 
When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. 
When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. 
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. -Barbara Johnson. 
Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone els... 
A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety-nine retreat: that is progress. 
Ninety percent of everything is crap. 
Success is ninety-nine percent failure. 
I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a crea... 
You're always going to be more judgmental about your own performance than anyone else. 
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. 
Small businesses pay 18 percent more than big businesses for health care, the same health care, just... 
Barbara Stanwyck movies drove me nuts, like 'Ball of Fire' and 'Double Indemnity.' I... 
Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is pur... 
As it gets closer and more probable, being a star is really losing its meaning. 
It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is ... 
And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed! 
A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year. 
Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame. 
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all. 
Half this game is ninety percent mental. 
Ninety percent of success is showing up. 
Half this game is ninety percent mental. 
Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about the... 
Ninety percent of the things we tend to WORRY about we have no control over, so why worry about them... 
The Civil Rights Movement, it wasn't just a couple of, you know, superstars like Martin Luther K... 
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that g... 
I have a pig valve. 
One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. 
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is count... 
In 1984, George Orwell wrote of a world where the only colour to be found was in the propaganda post... 
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he cou... 
There's a lot of cruelty going on all the time, and I'm not just talking about inter-human c... 
I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to se... 
A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence. 
To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Gho... 
For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the h... 
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general. 
It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you ... 
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can ... 
Isolation is a dream killer. 
We're only here to love God and each other. I'm not saying I've never gotten angry at an... 
That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow. 
I think it was 37 years that I did music. 
The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your bra... 
The first sentence of a book is a promise. 