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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.

Barbra Streisand

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Air Brooklyn Hot Raise
My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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Actresses Mother Should
I 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.
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Brooklyn Echoes Great Sound
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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Artist Speaking Up Voice
Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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Feuds Stars Winning
I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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Ideas Song Thinking
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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Beautiful Fanny Girl Thinking
He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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Gay Mother Son
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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Interesting Over Trust You
Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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Despise Hate Our Society
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Important Life Love Nothing
I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Creative Process Stardom Weird Work
I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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Experience Instinct Natural Worry
Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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Awards Discouraging Giving

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