I need instant gratification.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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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’m a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can’t lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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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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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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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 do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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I’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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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