Barbra Streisand is an artist of many talent . In plus to her noted singing and songwriting career , she ’s also a celebrated actress and film producer with a host of honor and awards — include two Oscars , nine Golden Globes , 10 Grammys , six Emmys , and one Tony — on her resume ( so far ) . While Streisand may be one of the well - selling creative person of all sentence , what truly wee her memorable is her full originality . While her originative talents made her a star , her no - nonsense mental attitude has made her an icon , as evidenced by the citation below .
1. ON HER WILD YOUTH.
“ I was kind of a wild nestling . I was n’t learn the niceties of living . ”
2. ON PURSUING YOUR DREAMS.
“ As a young cleaning lady , I wanted nothing more than to see my name in light . ”
3. ON REMAINING TRUE TO ONESELF.
“ I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose determine , my teeth cap , or my name changed . That is very gratifying to me . ”
4. ON INSTINCT.
“ I go by instinct — I do n’t worry about experience . ”
5. ON BEING CONTRADICTORY.
“ I was a personality before I became a person — I am mere , complex , generous , selfish , untempting , beautiful , lazy , and drive . ”
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6. ON TRUSTING YOURSELF.
“ You have got to discover you , what you do , and trust it . ”
7. ON THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS.
“ Success to me is having 10 honeydew melon and eating only the top half of each slice . ”
8. ON APPLAUSE.
“ What does it signify when masses applaud ? Should I give ‘em money ? Say thank you ? come up my garb ? The want of hand clapping — that I can reply to . ”
9. ON BAD REVIEWS.
“ I wish I could be like [ George Bernard ] Shaw , who once take a bad brushup of one of his bid , called the critic , and said : ' I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me . ’ ”
10. ON THE DEFINITION OF “EGO.”
“ To have ego means to think 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 area . My self is responsible for my doing what I do — bad or good . ”
11. ON DOUBLE STANDARDS.
“ Men are leave to have cacoethes and commitment for their study … a woman is allowed that feel for a man , but not her workplace . ”
12. ON SAYING WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND.
“ I have intercourse that with a mouth like mine , I just had to be a principal or something . ”
13. ON THE LESS GLAMOROUS SIDE OF SHOW BUSINESS.
“ I do n’t enjoy public execution and being up on a stage . I do n’t bask the glamor . Like tonight , I am up on degree and my feet suffer . ”
14. ON GETTING IT RIGHT.
“ I do n’t care what you say about me . Just be sure to spell my name haywire . ”
15. ON FOLLOWING YOUR HEART.
“ Nobody on this ground has the right to state anyone that their love for another human being is virtuously wrong . ”
16. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH.
“ I can take any truth ; just do n’t lie down to me . ”
17. ON KEEPING IT SIMPLE.
“ I like uncomplicated things . pliant waist , so I can eat . ”
18. ON WHY BEING “DIFFICULT” CAN BE A GOOD THING.
“ I ’ve been called many names like perfectionist , difficult and obsessive . I think it takes obsession , takes searching for the item for any artist to be good . ”
19. ON LIMITATIONS.
“ I just do n’t want to be hampered by my own restriction . ”
20. ON THE TRUTHFULNESS OF AN AUDIENCE.
" The audience is the best judge of anything . They can not be lied to . Truth brings them closer . A moment that meanwhile — they’re gon na cough . ”
21. ON FINDING THE PERFECT MATCH.
“ What is exciting is not for one someone to be stronger than the other … but for two people to have met their mate and yet they are as as stubborn , as obstinate , as passionate , as crazy as the other . ”
22. ON THE FUTILITY OF MYTHS.
“ Myths are a waste of meter . They prevent advancement . ”
23. ON THE NATURE OF PERFORMING.
“ perform , for me , has always been a very inner process . ”
24. ON THE DOWNSIDE OF STARDOM.
“ I retrieve when I was immature , I wanted to be a whizz , until I became a star , and then it ’s a lot of work . It ’s work to be a whiz . I do n’t love the stardom part . I only enjoy the originative process . ”
25. ON THE TROUBLE WITH LOVE.
“ Sometimes you resent the people you love and ask the most . passion is so fascinating in all its shape , and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will pertain to this . ”
26. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DOUBTING YOURSELF.
" uncertainty can incite you , so do n’t be afraid of it . assurance and doubt are at two ends of the scale , and you need both . They balance each other out . "
27. ON AMBITION.
" I ’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular . So , consequently , I did n’t overexpose myself ; I reckon I hold a kind of enigma . I was n’t ambitious . "
28. ON CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
“ I ’m a body of work in progress . ”
29. ON HER FAMOUS NOSE.
“ I ’ve considered having my nozzle fix . But I did n’t hope anyone enough . If I could do it myself with a mirror . ”
30. ON BEING AN ORIGINAL.
“ I opine if you have an original take on life , or something about you is original , you do n’t have to analyse people who came before you . You do n’t have to mimic anybody . You just have a gut flavour inside , an instinct that tells you what ’s right for you , and you ca n’t do it in any other direction . ”
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