A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
BARBRA STREISANDIn 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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When I sing, people shut up.
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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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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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