As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
BARBRA STREISANDI worked in a Chinese restaurant.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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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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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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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 only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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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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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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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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