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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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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It's like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he's supposed to change for the worse. It's silly.
Barbra Streisand
Just the sadness of, we're there, but don't want to have those people in harm's way, and yet we do have to support (the troops). It's kind of painful, and I had always imagined just seeing footage of the troops, it's like history repeating itself here we are again. That was the meaning to me.
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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
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
Barbra Streisand
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