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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.

Barbra Streisand

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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Men Obsessed Permit Strong Women
Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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Progression Time Waste Wasting
I need instant gratification.
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Gratification Instant Need
I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Different People Weird
One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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Beautiful Fanny Girl Thinking
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Furniture Growing Up
Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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Courage Fear Frightened
To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
BARBRA STREISAND

Believe Mean Strength
Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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Couple Life Motivation
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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Balance Doubt Two
I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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Elastic Simple Thing Waist
I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Brooklyn Echoes Great Sound
I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
BARBRA STREISAND

Experience Instinct Natural Worry
What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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Drama Honesty Thinking
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Congratulations Ice Cream Success
I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
BARBRA STREISAND

Psychology Use Wonderful

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