I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
BARBRA STREISANDMost awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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I was a personality before I became a person – I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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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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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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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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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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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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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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