Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
BARBRA STREISANDLife’s too short. Start with Dessert!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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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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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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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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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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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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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.
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