It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
BARBRA STREISANDI arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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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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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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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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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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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 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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