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 STREISANDWe elected a President, not a Pope.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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.
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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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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
BARBRA STREISANDWhy 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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
BARBRA STREISANDI’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
BARBRA STREISANDLove comes from the most unexpected places.
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
BARBRA STREISANDSometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
BARBRA STREISANDI only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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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.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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 never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
BARBRA STREISANDI never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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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.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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I never sing in the shower either.
BARBRA STREISANDI never sing in the shower either.
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