I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
BARBRA STREISANDI just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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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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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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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other 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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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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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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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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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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