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.
BARBRA STREISANDMarlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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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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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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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 never sing in the shower either.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
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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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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn’t taught the niceties of life.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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