I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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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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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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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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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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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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I’m a work in progress.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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