I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
BARBRA STREISANDBeing a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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.
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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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In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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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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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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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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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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