Art transcends politics this weekend.
BARBRA STREISANDMy friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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 don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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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 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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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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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.’
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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?… Not only is he poisoning our air and water – he’s poisoning our political system as well.
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I’m a work in progress.
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