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Barbra Streisand quotes: I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head. I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there. I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.
Barbra Streisand quotes: The artist as citizen is here to stay. The artist as citizen is here to stay.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique. Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
Barbra Streisand quotes: There is nothing more important in life than love. There is nothing more important in life than love.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air. I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong. I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it's created. It really hates success. Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it's created. It really hates success.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men? Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
Barbra Streisand quotes: I also have intense relationships with furniture ... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up. I also have intense relationships with furniture ... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
Barbra Streisand quotes: New York critics - I hear when one of them watched "A Star Is Born", he talked back to the screen. New York critics - I hear when one of them watched "A Star Is Born", he talked back to the screen.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build. I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn. I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror. I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life. I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway? Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
Barbra Streisand quotes: My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful. My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross) I just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
Barbra Streisand quotes: I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem. I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat. I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
Barbra Streisand quotes: My mother never really thought I could become anything. My mother never really thought I could become anything.
Barbra Streisand quotes: It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done. It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.
Barbra Streisand quotes: They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out. They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging. Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
Barbra Streisand quotes: It is true, even people with painful childhoods ... grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative. It is true, even people with painful childhoods ... grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Life's too short. Start with Dessert! Life's too short. Start with Dessert!
Barbra Streisand quotes: I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work. I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
Barbra Streisand quotes: A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously. A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
Barbra Streisand quotes: We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress. We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it? Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
Barbra Streisand quotes: Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, Go on, go on - you can do it! Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, Go on, go on - you can do it!
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'm a work in progress. I'm a work in progress.
Barbra Streisand quotes: On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions. On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times. Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places. Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I can take any truth; just don't lie to me. I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different? You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
Barbra Streisand quotes: The audience is the barometer of the truth. The audience is the barometer of the truth.
Barbra Streisand quotes: A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Love comes from the most unexpected places. Love comes from the most unexpected places.
Barbra Streisand quotes: When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am. When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress. I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.
Barbra Streisand quotes: It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman. It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman.
Barbra Streisand quotes: When I sing, people shut up. When I sing, people shut up.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress. I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress. I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before. I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
Barbra Streisand quotes: One thing's for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl (1968), I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice. One thing's for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl (1968), I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
Barbra Streisand quotes: My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young. My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable. Progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Art does not exist only to entertain but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth. Art does not exist only to entertain
but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening. I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so unhealthy for the culture. It's so sick. I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so unhealthy for the culture. It's so sick.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all. I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself. I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love. Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
Barbra Streisand quotes: And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people. And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'd rather not talk about money. It's kind of gross. I'd rather not talk about money. It's kind of gross.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I go by instinct - i don't worry about experience. I go by instinct - i don't worry about experience.
Barbra Streisand quotes: what with the follies and an indecent proposal it's been quite a night what with the follies and an indecent proposal it's been quite a night
Barbra Streisand quotes: Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
Barbra Streisand quotes: Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married? Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?
Barbra Streisand quotes: The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment. The dream - you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don't. Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don't.
Barbra Streisand quotes: If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday. If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I still like my antique clothes. I still like my antique clothes.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I never sing in the shower either. I never sing in the shower either.
Barbra Streisand quotes: You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind. You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven. I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra. I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
Barbra Streisand quotes: As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights. As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
Barbra Streisand quotes: 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. 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.
Barbra Streisand quotes: It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will. It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know ... I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know ...
Barbra Streisand quotes: I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things. I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
Barbra Streisand quotes: You've got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. You've got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
Barbra Streisand quotes: No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family ... No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family ...
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday. I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
Barbra Streisand quotes: How I wish we lived in a time when laws were notnecessary to safeguard us from discrimination How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not
necessary to safeguard us from discrimination
Barbra Streisand quotes: Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time. Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially. I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression. Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn. I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
Barbra Streisand quotes: Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society. Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work. I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
Barbra Streisand quotes: I won't leave forks in the dish rack overnight because I believe that the tines attract demonic energy. I won't leave forks in the dish rack overnight because I believe that the tines attract demonic energy.

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