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.’
BARBRA STREISANDLife’s too short. Start with Dessert!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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I have one son. Of everything I’ve done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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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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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give ’em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause – that I can respond to.
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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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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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I just don’t like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn’t need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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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 remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I’m not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn’t talked about at all.
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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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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.
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