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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.

Barbra Streisand

I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
BARBRA STREISAND

Beautiful Selfish Simple
I never sing in the shower either.
BARBRA STREISAND

Either Showers Sing
And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
BARBRA STREISAND

People President Remember
I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
BARBRA STREISAND

Essential Essentially Music
We elected a President, not a Pope.
BARBRA STREISAND

Elected Pope President
I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
BARBRA STREISAND

Given Self Self Esteem
progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
BARBRA STREISAND

Definitions Inevitable Progress
I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
BARBRA STREISAND

Biographies Errors Someday
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Beautiful Fanny Girl Thinking
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Believe Mean Strength
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Bias Country Humane Ideas Liberal Media
When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
BARBRA STREISAND

Gorgeous Host Person Stranger
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
BARBRA STREISAND

Growing Interesting People Up
Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
BARBRA STREISAND

Performing Process
Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
BARBRA STREISAND

People Stars Talent
I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
BARBRA STREISAND

Children Kind Taught

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