I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
BARBRA STREISANDThe 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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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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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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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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I’m a work in progress.
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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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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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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’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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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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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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