I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
BARBRA STREISANDI’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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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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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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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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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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