A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
BARBRA STREISANDMy nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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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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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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