Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.

Barbra Streisand

Life Magazine

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Barbra Streisand

Source

Life Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Musician Actor

From

United States

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Citation

Streisand, Barbra. Quoted in "Success Is a Baked Potato." Life Magazine, 20 Sept. 1963.

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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

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Road to success Success

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
Of Great Place Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Medium
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Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Great Place." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Great Place." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.