Art transcends politics this weekend.
BARBRA STREISANDEveryone 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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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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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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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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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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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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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
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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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I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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I prefer things that are private, so I love recording and I love making films, as a filmmaker, because it uses every bit of what you have experienced or know, whether it’s graphics composition, decorating, psychology, storytelling, or whatever it is. It’s a wonderful thing.
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