I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
BARBRA STREISANDNo one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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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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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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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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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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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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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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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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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 prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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