You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
BARBRA STREISANDEveryone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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.
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