Barbra Streisand

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

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

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

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. ”

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven. ”

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 do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships. ”

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head. ”

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. ”

Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love. ”