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 STREISANDI don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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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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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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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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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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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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 always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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