My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
BARBRA STREISANDMoviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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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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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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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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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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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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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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