I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
BARBRA STREISANDI don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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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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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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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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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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I 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.
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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’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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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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