A 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.
BARBRA STREISANDAround people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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I’m a work in progress.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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