I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
BARBRA STREISANDThe audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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I was a personality before I became a person.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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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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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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I still like my antique clothes.
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