I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
BARBRA STREISANDI 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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 prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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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 was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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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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