I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
BARBRA STREISANDWhy is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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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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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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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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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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