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.
BARBRA STREISANDOne thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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 love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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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 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)
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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 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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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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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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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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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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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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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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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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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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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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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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