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Barbra Streisand Quotes

«Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?»
«You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.»
«Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?»
«Bitches. It's a very male-chauvinist word. I resent it deeply. A person who's a bitch would seem to be mean for no reason. I'm not a mean person. Maybe I'm rude without being aware of it - that's possible.»
«I was a personality before I became a person. I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.»
«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.»
«Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work ... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.»
«I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience»
Author: Barbra Streisand (Actress, Producer, Singer) | Keywords: go by
«How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.»
«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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