Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
BARBRA STREISANDIt is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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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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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.
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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I don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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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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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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