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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.

Barbra Streisand

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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Air Men People
How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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Law Racism Time
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Appreciate Done Years
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.
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Gay Ideas White
We elected a President, not a Pope.
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Elected Pope President
When I sing, people shut up.
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Explanation People Shut Up
The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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Audience Barometer Truth
Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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Election Issues President
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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Gorgeous Host Person Stranger
And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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People President Remember
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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Color Falling House Love
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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Benches Dog Husband
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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Mean Thank You Thanksgiving
Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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Unexpected Unexpected Places
It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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Agree Dating Same Tables
To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people’s views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it’s also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good.
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Believe Mean Strength
I can’t stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I’m Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.
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Bulls Loss Red
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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Fun Lines Orchestra
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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Celebrate Law Men School
I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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Limit My Own Want
I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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Blue School Years
In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
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People Song Writing
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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Interesting Over Trust You
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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Ridiculous Stars Stupid
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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Ambition More Privacy Talk Wish
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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Home People Sick

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