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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.

Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 24
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Stage Actor
Brooklyn
New York
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other's differences: Short, tall Democrat, Republican black, white gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.
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I don't know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It's so sick.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.
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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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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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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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For me, one of the most disturbing elements of the right wing's political agenda is that it believes that there is one correct spiritual and moral path for all people to follow. The danger inherent in this is its explicit refusal to accept anyone who happens to lead a different lifestyle, and the condemnation of those who differ.
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I need instant gratification.
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I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.
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New York critics - I hear when one of them watched A Star Is Born, he talked back to the screen.
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Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.
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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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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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