Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
BARBRA STREISANDI do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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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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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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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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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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