It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
BARBRA STREISANDYou have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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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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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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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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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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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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 started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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