I 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.
BARBRA STREISANDNo one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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I’m a work in progress.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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