Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
BARBRA STREISANDThe artist as citizen is here to stay.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn’t be entitled to our political opinions.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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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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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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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.
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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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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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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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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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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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My biggest nightmare is I’m driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: ‘Please help me.’ And the people say: ‘Hey, you look like…’ And I’m dying while they’re wondering whether I’m Barbra Streisand.
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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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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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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’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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