Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
BARBRA STREISANDThank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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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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I was a personality before I became a person.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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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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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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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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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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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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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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