Barbra Streisand quotes - page 2

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way. (Barbra Streisand)
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. View quote
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I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience. View quote
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They're called "angels" because they're in heaven until the reviews come out. View quote
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Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging. View quote
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I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me. View quote
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening. View quote
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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. View quote
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. View quote
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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. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion. View quote
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I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. (Barbra Streisand)
I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. View quote
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It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman. View quote
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Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. View quote
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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. View quote
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth. View quote
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat. View quote
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A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. View quote
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Barbra Streisand)
I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up. View quote
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head. View quote
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