Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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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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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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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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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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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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Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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