If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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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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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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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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It is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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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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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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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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