I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
BARBRA STREISANDA 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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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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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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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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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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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