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.
BARBRA STREISANDA large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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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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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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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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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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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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