I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
BARBRA STREISANDI still like my antique clothes.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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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 hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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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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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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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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