A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
BARBRA STREISANDArt does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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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 is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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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.
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progress, whatever your definition of it, is not inevitable.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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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You know, I can’t remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.
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