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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.

Barbra Streisand

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
BARBRA STREISAND

Art Challenges Thinking
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
I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Creative Process Stardom Weird Work
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Furniture Growing Up
Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
BARBRA STREISAND

Envy God Pain
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Balance Doubt Two
I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
BARBRA STREISAND

Actresses Began Hope Jobs
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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History Hollywood Name
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Coffee Cream Littles Real
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
BARBRA STREISAND

Judging Lag Umpires
They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Angel Heaven Review
When I sing, people shut up.
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Explanation People Shut Up
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
BARBRA STREISAND

Country Frightening People Person
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myself Talking Work
It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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Agree Dating Same Tables

Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.

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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.

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