Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
BARBRA STREISANDThe audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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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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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’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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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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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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