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Barbra Streisand Inspirational Quotes (91)

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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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I'm a work in progress.
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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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It's not a date. We're just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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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.
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I need instant gratification.
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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.
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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.
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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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A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.
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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 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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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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I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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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.
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For me, one of the most disturbing elements of the right wing's political agenda is that it believes that there is one correct spiritual and moral path for all people to follow. The danger inherent in this is its explicit refusal to accept anyone who happens to lead a different lifestyle, and the condemnation of those who differ.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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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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