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Barbra Streisand Biography

Barbra Streisand, Actress
Occup.Actress
FromUSA
BornApril 24, 1942
Age82 years
Barbra Joan Streisand (birthed in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American actor, film supervisor, composer and also singer. She won an Oscar in 1968 for Finest Actress as "Fanny Brice" in the movie Amusing Woman. She has also won an Oscar for finest song for song Evergreen (Love Style from A Celebrity Is Born) from the movie A Celebrity is birthed in 1976. She has gotten a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has actually named the Streisand effect.

She was for some years married to star Elliott Gould, that is the father of her only youngster, her child Jason. Both Streisand as well as Gould are of Jewish origin.

Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Barbra, under the main topics: Art - Women.

Related authors: Anne Edwards (Writer), Bruce Oldfield (Designer), Madonna Ciccone (Entertainer), Maurice Gibb (Musician), Sydney Pollack (Director), Elliott Gould (Actor), Fanny Brice (Comedian), Joyce Jillson (Celebrity), Luther Vandross (Musician), Brooke Burke (Model)

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32 Famous quotes by Barbra Streisand

Small: Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a
"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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Small: I just dont want to be hampered by my own limitations
"I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations"
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Small: 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"
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Small: How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination
"How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination"
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Small: Ive been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, tak
"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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Small: My biggest nightmare is Im driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: Please help me. And the
"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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Small: Most awards, you know, they dont give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly disc
"Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging"
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Small: I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven
"I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven"
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Small: It is every womans dream to be some mans dream woman
"It is every woman's dream to be some man's dream woman"
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Small: I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said:
"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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Small: I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, b
"I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven"
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Small: I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I dont think Id have made it any other way
"I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way"
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Small: I dont enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I dont enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am
"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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Small: I dont 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"
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Small: Around people I dont know, Im totally at a loss
"Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss"
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Small: A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would b
"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"
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Small: Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. Hes done enough work to l
"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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Small: Ive considered having my nose fixed. But I didnt trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mi
"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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Small: 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"
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Small: To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other peoples views. It is to
"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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Small: The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment
"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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Small: Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression
"Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression"
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Small: Im tired of malicious articles slandering me
"I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me"
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Small: I go by instinct - I dont worry about experience
"I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience"
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Small: You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it
"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it"
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Small: What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack o
"What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to"
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Small: Theyre called angels because theyre in heaven until the reviews come out
"They're called "angels" because they're in heaven until the reviews come out"
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Small: Im not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasnt 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"
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Small: We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing
"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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Small: There is nothing more important in life than love
"There is nothing more important in life than love"
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Small: I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very
"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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Small: 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"
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