Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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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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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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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 idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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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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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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