Just like my father, I’ve always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.
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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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’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn’t be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.
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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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What reaches an audience is honesty. If you’re saying something truthful that’s supposed to be a funny line, it’s going to be funny. And if it’s supposed to be a serious line, it’s going to be serious. But, I don’t think there’s a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it’s based in the truth.
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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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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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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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