It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
BARBRA STREISANDThe 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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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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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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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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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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you’ve felt, that you have observed.
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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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