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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.

Barbra Streisand

I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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Decorate Home Lot
I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
BARBRA STREISAND

Country Frightening People Person
Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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Badass Passion Women Work
To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
BARBRA STREISAND

Believe Mean Strength
When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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Father Girl Good Kid Neighbourhood Stood
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Appreciate Done Years
When I sing, people shut up.
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Explanation People Shut Up
A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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Dull Flamboyant Pure
I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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Color Falling House Love
Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
BARBRA STREISAND

Brave Late Subjects
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
BARBRA STREISAND

Creeps Saws Wanted
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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Growing Interesting People Up
Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Unexpected Unexpected Places
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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Creative Stars Thinking
I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Care Name Spells
progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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Definitions Inevitable Progress

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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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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