You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
BARBRA STREISANDprogress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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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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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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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.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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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.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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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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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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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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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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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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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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