Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
BARBRA STREISANDA 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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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.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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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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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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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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