I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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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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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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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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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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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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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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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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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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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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