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 STREISANDI do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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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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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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Myths are a waste of time. They prevent progression.
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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 is every woman’s dream to be some man’s dream woman.
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Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
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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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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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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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