I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
BARBRA STREISANDThank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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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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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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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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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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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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