I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
BARBRA STREISANDA human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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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 don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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I’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
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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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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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I 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.
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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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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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