I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
BARBRA STREISANDMy mother never really thought I could become anything.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there’s always a positive to a negative.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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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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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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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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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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 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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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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