You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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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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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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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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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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