I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
BARBRA STREISANDJust imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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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 don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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’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 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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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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