I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
BARBRA STREISANDWhat is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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I’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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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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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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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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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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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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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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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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