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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?

Barbra Streisand

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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Believe Mean Strength
I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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Limit My Own Want
I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Mines Mouths Stars
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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Benches Dog Husband
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
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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Beautiful Fanny Girl Thinking
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myself Talking Work
Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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Progression Time Waste Wasting
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Furniture Growing Up
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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Different Jobs Men
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
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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Awards Discouraging Giving
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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Judging Lag Umpires
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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History Hollywood Name
I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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Legends Progress Work
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

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