I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
BARBRA STREISANDThe 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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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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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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