I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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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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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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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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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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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.
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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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