I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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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’m a work in progress.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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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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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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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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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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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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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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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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