I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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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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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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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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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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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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