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 STREISANDI 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.’
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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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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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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Marlon 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?
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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I only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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My mother never really thought I could become anything.
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