I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
BARBRA STREISANDOn a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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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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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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I need instant gratification.
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I’m a work in progress.
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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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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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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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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’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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