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Barbra Streisand

American Actress

Born: Apr 24, 1942

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I can take any truth; just don't lie to me. Barbra Streisand

Truth Me Lie Take Any Just

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. Barbra Streisand

Beautiful Selfish Simple Complex Unattractive Driven Lazy Generous Am

I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about. Barbra Streisand

Home Jewelry Important Important Things Same Thing Pants Worry Wear About More Bothered Like Comfortable Always Same Elastic Many Thing Things

I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way. Barbra Streisand

Life You People Feeling Before Mimic Other Guess Way Tells Inside Gut About Gut Feeling Something Take Study Instinct Came Any Just Any Other Way Anybody Who Original Right

I'm a work in progress. Barbra Streisand

Work Progress

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. Barbra Streisand

Art Good Difficult Think Details Perfectionist Takes Obsession Obsessive Like Names Been Any Artist Many Searching

I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn. Barbra Streisand

Everything More Know Learn Sure Want Much

I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. Barbra Streisand

Own My Own Limitations Just Want

I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all. Barbra Streisand

Privacy Wish About More Like Talked Ambitious Any Just Really

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. Barbra Streisand

When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am. Barbra Streisand

Clothes Teenager New Am Still Antique York New York Buying

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air. Barbra Streisand

Air Brooklyn Hot Stifled Streets Raised

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat. Barbra Streisand

Simple Eat Simple Things Like Elastic Things

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.' Barbra Streisand

Me Will Wish Once Critic Bad Bad Review Could Soon Like Read Said His Review Front Behind Your Who Plays

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

Time Wish Laws Safeguard How Were Discrimination Us Lived Necessary

I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday. Barbra Streisand

Truth Correct Those Would Someday Like Errors Yes Interested Biographies

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

You Everything See Directing Observed Know Sort Felt Just Interesting

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way. Barbra Streisand

Made Singing Think Other Way Hated Any Any Other Way Wanted Actress

I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. Barbra Streisand

Mouth Mine Something Knew Like Just Star

I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me. Barbra Streisand

Me Tired Malicious Articles

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

Others Wrong Am Doing Famous Why Right

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men? Barbra Streisand

Work Women Men About Only Obsessed Permitted Women Are Why

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience. Barbra Streisand

Experience Worry About Instinct Go

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