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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.

Barbra Streisand

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 STREISAND

Ridiculous Stars Stupid
Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
BARBRA STREISAND

Design Furniture Special
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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Drama Honesty Thinking
Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
BARBRA STREISAND

Coffee Cream Littles Real
It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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Create Ego Healthy True
Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
BARBRA STREISAND

Congratulations Ice Cream Success
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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History Hollywood Name
Just imagine how boring life would be if we were all the same. My idea of a perfect world is one in which we really appreciated each other’s differences: Short, tall; Democrat, Republican; black, white; gay, straight-a world in which all of us are equal, but definitely not the same.
BARBRA STREISAND

Gay Ideas White
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.
BARBRA STREISAND

Air Men People
Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
BARBRA STREISAND

Art Generation Signature
My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
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Heritage Noses Talent
Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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Authenticity People Stay True Yourself
I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
BARBRA STREISAND

Ambitious Doing Kind Nothing
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
BARBRA STREISAND

Furniture Growing Up
They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
BARBRA STREISAND

Angel Heaven Review
Moviemakers can be late to a subject, or afraid, but often they are brave and ahead of their time.
BARBRA STREISAND

Brave Late Subjects

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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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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