I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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’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 wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
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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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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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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 knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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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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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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