I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
BARBRA STREISANDIt takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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