A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
BARBRA STREISANDWhy is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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 find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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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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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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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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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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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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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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