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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.

Barbra Streisand

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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Art Challenges Thinking
When I sing, people shut up.
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Explanation People Shut Up
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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Bias Country Humane Ideas Liberal Media
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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Judging Lag Umpires
I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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Psychology Use Wonderful
We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Elected Pope President
I need instant gratification.
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Gratification Instant Need
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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Impossible Men Right
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Self Esteem Songwriting Trust
I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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Citizens Hate Tell Wish
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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Gorgeous Host Person Stranger
Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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Design Furniture Special
I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
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Audience Care Name Product
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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Baffled Issues Moving
When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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Clothes Country Teenager
He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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Gay Mother Son

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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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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