268 Quotes by Barbra Streisand


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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.

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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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    The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.

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    I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.

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    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.

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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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    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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