I’m a work in progress.
BARBRA STREISANDI do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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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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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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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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I need instant gratification.
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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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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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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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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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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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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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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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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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