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 STREISANDOh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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I’m a work in progress.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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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 wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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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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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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I never sing in the shower either.
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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