I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
BARBRA STREISANDJust like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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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.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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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.
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