The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
BARBRA STREISANDBeing 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I’m a work in progress.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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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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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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