“A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult and impossible.” IfsMenWantShowsPainDifficultImpossibleHe ManGunBallsSticksCommittedAssObsessedSexismAggressiveStubbornManipulateRelentlessPerfectionistWomen WantAssertiveUncompromisingPushy Author:Barbra Streisand
“If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he's called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she's called vain and egotistical.” IfsMenWantDoeDifficultImpossibleProduceVainSexismEgotisticalWomen Want Author:Barbra Streisand
“You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?” MenWantDifferentJobsAsksAssumingSexism Author:Barbra Streisand
“I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.” IfsWantCareNamesAudienceProductsDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Barbra Streisand
“I can't cook, at all. I would not know how to make coffee. I took cooking classes, so I know how to make chocolate soufflé, but ask me if I want to make soufflé. I let somebody else make the chocolate soufflé, and I eat it. I found that, when I took cooking classes and tried to cook, I didn't want to eat it. The joy was gone. I was always filthy with the stuff, and then had to clean it up. I don't like that.” IfsKnowsWantI CanJoyAsksFoundStuffClassKnow HowGoneCookingCleanCoffeeCooksAsk MeChocolateFilthyCooking Classes Author:Barbra Streisand
“I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations.” WantMy OwnLimitsLimitation Author:Barbra Streisand
“You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.” PeopleKnowsMenWantShouldHeartTwoEndsPlayFeelingsFormSawsGayNormalMarriedShould HavePerformancesSacredUnionsDareGenderRealizationGay Marriage Author:Barbra Streisand
“Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?” PeopleWantBelieveRealityTruth Author:Barbra Streisand
“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.” WantFeelsMindBelieveRomancePassionI BelieveSexPerfectCrazyMadnessAddChaosI Believe InLustMessHeatSweatWant MeCrapEquationsCupidBelieve In LoveI Believe In LoveLove And Lust Author:Barbra Streisand
“I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'” WantI CanUsedFearTerribleComfortableAwfulUncomfortableFrightened Author:Barbra Streisand
“I'm sure that I don't know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.” KnowsWant Author:Barbra Streisand
