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 STREISANDOn a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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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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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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