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 STREISANDHow I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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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 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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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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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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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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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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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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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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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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.
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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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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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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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