A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
BARBRA STREISANDThe dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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. . . 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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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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