Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
BARBRA STREISANDNo one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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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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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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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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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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I’m a work in progress.
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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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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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