A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. Barbra Streisand More Quotes by Barbra Streisand More Quotes From Barbra Streisand A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. Barbra Streisand trust-yourself humanity interesting I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra. Barbra Streisand orchestra lines fun Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway? Barbra Streisand frightened courage fear He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know? Barbra Streisand gay mother son I worked in a Chinese restaurant. Barbra Streisand restaurants chinese Art transcends politics this weekend. Barbra Streisand weekend art I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. Barbra Streisand mines stars mouths I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want valenties and cupids and all of that crap. I want it all. Barbra Streisand crazy believe sex Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? Barbra Streisand doing-right fame The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability. Barbra Streisand health choices winning 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 tradition successful silly A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion. Barbra Streisand law men school Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss. Barbra Streisand lost-friendship loss people It's not a date. We're just agreeing to eat at the same table. Barbra Streisand dating tables A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously. Barbra Streisand flamboyant pure dull You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind. Barbra Streisand mind remember negative I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly. Barbra Streisand bulls red loss I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross. Barbra Streisand gross kind Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you're having an affair, if you don't you're having a feud. Barbra Streisand feuds stars winning New York critics - I hear when one of them watched "A Star Is Born", he talked back to the screen. Barbra Streisand born stars new-york