I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
BARBRA STREISANDI remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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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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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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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’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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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’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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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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