I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
BARBRA STREISANDI must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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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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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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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 don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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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’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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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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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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