Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
BARBRA STREISANDWhen 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.
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I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
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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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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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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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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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There’s a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.
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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 hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: “I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can’t. It’s the best film I’ve seen since Citizen Kane”.
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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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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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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I’m interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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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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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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