I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
BARBRA STREISANDThe dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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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.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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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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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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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’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.
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