Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
BARBRA STREISANDI got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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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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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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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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 have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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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.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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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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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I need instant gratification.
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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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