It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
BARBRA STREISANDPart of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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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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The 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.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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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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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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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 just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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