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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

Barbra Streisand

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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Psychology Use Wonderful
Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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Couple Life Motivation
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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Actresses Mother Should
I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Actresses Began Hope Jobs
What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
BARBRA STREISAND

Crazy Strength Two
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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Bulls Loss Red
They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Angel Heaven Review
Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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Envy God Pain
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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Brooklyn Echoes Great Sound
. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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Growing Interesting People Up
I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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Ambitious Doing Kind Nothing
Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Unexpected Unexpected Places
A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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Dull Flamboyant Pure
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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Children Love Matter Mature
And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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People President Remember

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

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