Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I don't want to become known as just a body.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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At the age of 16, my father's father dropped dead of a heart attack. And I think it changed the course of his life, and he became fascinated with death. He then became a medical doctor and obviously fought death tooth and nail for his patients.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are your ready?'
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My first single was based around the mishearing of the words 'make believe' - 'I thought she said maple leaves.' That kind of stuff is very central to my music and my life.
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We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.
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A compromise is a settlement by which each side gets what neither side wanted.
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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.
