The audience is the barometer of the truth.
BARBRA STREISANDHow 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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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 don’t care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I don’t feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.
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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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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’m sure that I don’t know everything I want to know. I have so much more to learn.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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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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