Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway? Barbra Streisand More Quotes by Barbra Streisand More Quotes From Barbra Streisand I can take any truth; just don't lie to me. Barbra Streisand i-dont-lie dont-lie-to-me lying 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 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