Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
BARBRA STREISANDAnd remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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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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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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