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.
BARBRA STREISANDA 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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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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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I’ve considered having my nose fixed. But I didn’t trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.
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Part of our society kills what it loves, despises what it’s created. It really hates success.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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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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Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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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.’
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