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.
BARBRA STREISANDThe 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
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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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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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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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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’d started going to acting classes at 14, played ‘Medea’ at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.
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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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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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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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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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