Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
BARBRA STREISAND. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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I still like my antique clothes.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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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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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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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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