Barbara Mandrell Quotes
We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.
Mandrell, Barbara, and George Vecsey. Get to the Heart: My Story. Bantam Books, 1990, p. 250.
Fewer national candidates make a public prayer is of thanks for their political position. Lieberman, an orthodox Jew, publicly preyed on many occasions as did some of the fundamentalist Christian candidates. Most candidates, even though they may be personally religious, tend to worship and pray privately rather than as part of their public personae.
Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer, musician, and actress. She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s and her own primetime variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She gave her last concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 23, 1997, and subsequently retired from performing music. Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Mandrell was also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016. Although retired, Mandrell is still a member of the Grand Ole Opry, an honor she has held since 1972.
