Barbra Streisand quotes

Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the most talented entertainers of her generation. Her powerful voice and versatility have earned her numerous awards, including Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys. She remains an icon in the worlds of music, film, and culture. Here are 104 of her quotes:

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?

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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

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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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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.

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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.

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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

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. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative.

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I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

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When I sing, people shut up.

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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.

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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

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I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

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I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

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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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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.

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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?

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I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.

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I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'

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