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Barbra Streisand Quotes

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Memorable Quotes from Barbra Streisand

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Room Service Order Request
Judy Maxwell Hi, Room Service, this is Room 1717. I would like a double-thick roast beef sandwich medium rare on rye bread with mustard on the top, mayonnaise on the bottom, and a coffee hot fudge sundae with a large bottle of diet anything. You got that? Yeah, Room 1717. Oh, and Room Service, would you put it in the hall outside the door. I mean, don’t bring it in or knock on the door because I’m just putting my little one to sleep. Thank you.
Judy Maxwell's Rock Preferences Explained
Judy Maxwell ...not as much as I am in the metamorphic or sedimentary rock categories. I mean I can take your igneous rocks or leave them. I relate primarily to micas, quartz, feldspar. You can keep your pyroxenes, magnetites and coarse-grained plutonics as far as I'm concerned...
Desire for True Understanding and Connection
Rose Morgan I love it if someone knew me. Really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of. What kind of toothpaste I use. I think that will be wonderful.
Confusion Over a Name in Conversation
Judy Maxwell Eunice!? This is a person named Eunice?
Embracing Determination and Self-Confidence
Fanny Brice * Don't Rain on My Parade
Romantic Expectations and Personal Standards
Rose Morgan When my date takes me home and kisses me good night, if I don't hear the philharmonic in my head, I dump him.
The Art of Waiting in Life
Fanny Brice No law against waiting," I said, "people do it all the time." For once, I didn't say too much, I didn't say too little, I said just what I said and then walked.
Desire and Communication in Relationships
Rose Morgan By the way, would telling you now that I want sex tonight be enough of a warning?
Body Image and Academic Focus
Rose Morgan What, what? Yes, I have breasts. They cannot, however, be the subject of one of your papers.
Nostalgia for Vintage Ventegums
Judy Maxwell I love those old Ventegums.
Self-Perception and Reality in Relationships
Rose Morgan Let's face it. They're not standing in line for me.
Life's Sweetness and Joyful Imagery
Fanny Brice Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter.
[singing]
Conducting an Avalanche in E Flat
Judy Maxwell It so happens, Mr. Simon, that Howard has had discussions with Leonard Bernstein about the possibility of conducting an avalanche ... in E flat.
Embracing individuality and resilience in adversity
Fanny Brice Don't tell me not to fly, I simply gottaIf someone takes a spill It's me and not youDon't bring a cloud to rain on my parade.
[singing]
Value and Respect in Relationships
Judy Maxwell What do you think I am, a piece of ripe fruit you can squeeze the juice out of and cast aside?
Desire for Passion and Chaos in Love
Rose Morgan I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don’t want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want Valentines and Cupids and all the rest of that crap. I want it all.
The Complexity of Fame and Identity
Fanny Brice * Note: ranked #81 in the ] in American cinema.
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Feeling Misunderstood and Undervalued
Fanny Brice Suppose all ya ever had for breakfast was onion rolls. Then one day, in walks a (gasp)bagel! You'd say, Ugh, what's that? Until you tried it! That's my problem. I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls. Nobody recognizes me! Listen, I got 36 expressions. Sweet as pie and as tough as leather. And that's six expressions more than all them...Barrymores put together. Instead of just kicking me, why don't they give me a lift? Well, it must be a plot, cause they're scared that I got such a gift!...
Questioning Propriety in Personal Spaces
Judy Maxwell Why Ms. Burns, what are you doing in Mr. Banister's bedroom? Don't you know the meaning of propriety?
Critique of Relationship Theories
Rose Morgan To tell you the truth, I think your theories about relationships are total bullshit.
A Greeting to Beauty
Fanny Brice Hello, gorgeous.
[looking in the mirror]
Clarifying the Nature of a Meal
Rose Morgan It's not a date. We're just agreeing to eat at the same table.