Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
BARBRA STREISANDI never sing in the shower either.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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When I was working a lot, I felt guilty as a parent. I couldn’t pick up my son every day from school, bake him cookies and that kind of thing.
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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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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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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