My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
BARBRA STREISANDThe dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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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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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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