If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
BARBRA STREISANDI like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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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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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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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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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 was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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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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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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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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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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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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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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