I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
BARBRA STREISANDYou know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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