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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.

Barbra Streisand

I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
BARBRA STREISAND

Actress Get Singer Work
No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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Concept Conform Family Ideal Mythical
I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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Gross Kind Money Talk
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Everyone Fascinate Love Mother Thinking
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
BARBRA STREISAND

Air Brooklyn Hot Raise
The audience is the barometer of the truth.
BARBRA STREISAND

Audience Barometer Truth
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Choices Health Winning
Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
BARBRA STREISAND

Art Challenges Thinking
I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
BARBRA STREISAND

Experience Instinct Natural Worry
It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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Silly Successful Tradition
Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
BARBRA STREISAND

Despise Hate Our Society
I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
BARBRA STREISAND

Acting Actresses Class
Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
BARBRA STREISAND

Brave Late Subjects
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Home Important Worry
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Balance Doubt Two
I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
BARBRA STREISAND

Articles Malicious Slander Tired

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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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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