When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
BARBRA STREISAND
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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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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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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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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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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.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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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 just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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