I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
BARBRA STREISANDSometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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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 never sing in the shower either.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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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 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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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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The 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.
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