I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
BARBRA STREISANDEverybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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 am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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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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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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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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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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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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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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