I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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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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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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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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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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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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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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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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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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