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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
Barbra Streisand
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Barbra Streisand
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 24
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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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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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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 raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want valenties and cupids and all of that crap. I want it all.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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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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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places it becomes light in dark places.
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I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?
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When I sing, people shut up.
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I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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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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I tell you what I envy about people in love - I'd love it if someone knew me I mean really knew me. What I like what I'm afraid of what kind of toothpaste I use. - Rose Morgan
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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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.
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Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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