A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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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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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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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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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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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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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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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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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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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I’m a work in progress.
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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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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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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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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 only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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