I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
BARBRA STREISANDWhen I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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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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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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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 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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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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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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