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When I sing, people shut up.

Barbra Streisand

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 only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Actresses Began Hope Jobs
I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Different People Weird
You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Life Live Moments
I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Actress Get Singer Work
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
Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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Friendship Loss Lost People
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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Art Name Thinking
I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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Ambition More Privacy Talk Wish
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”.
BARBRA STREISAND

Citizens Hate Tell Wish
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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Home Important Worry
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myself Talking Work
My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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Awards Mean Together
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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Lips Months Three
A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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Humanity Interesting Trust Yourself
Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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Balance Doubt Two

When I sing, people shut up.

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