I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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I’m a work in progress.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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