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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.

Barbra Streisand

It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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Creeps Saws Wanted
The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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Artist Citizen Stay
Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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Art Generation Signature
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Appreciate Done Years
I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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Lying Take Truth
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Doing Right Fame
Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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Awards Discouraging Giving
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myself Talking Work
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Furniture Growing Up
I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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Decorate Home Lot
I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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Essential Essentially Music
I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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Limit My Own Want
I’m a work in progress.
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Done Process Progress Work
I need instant gratification.
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Gratification Instant Need
I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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Everything Know Learn Sure Want
Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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Progression Time Waste Wasting
I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Air Brooklyn Hot Raise
One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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Beautiful Fanny Girl Thinking
Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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Father Honor School
Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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Head Men World
I never sing in the shower either.
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Either Showers Sing
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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Drama Honesty Thinking
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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People Song Writing
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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Singing Thinking Way
Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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Brave Late Subjects
I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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Citizens Hate Tell Wish
I still like my antique clothes.
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Antiques Clothes Stills

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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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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