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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.

Barbra Streisand

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work… a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.
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Badass Passion Women Work
I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn Girl Thinking
The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country’s immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.
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Country Perfect Years
They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Angel Heaven Review
I’ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
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Art Name Thinking
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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Self Esteem Songwriting Trust
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Light Name Young
I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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Culture Needs Sick
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it’s a lot of work. It’s work to be a star. I don’t enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
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Creative Stars Thinking
A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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Dull Flamboyant Pure
Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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People Stars Talent
I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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Gross Kind Money Talk
It’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
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Artist Speaking Up Voice
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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Appreciate Done Years
Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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Envy God Pain
I also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
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Furniture Growing Up
Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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Dessert Life Short Start
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
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
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
I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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Myself Talking Work
The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags – they’re gonna cough.
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Judging Lag Umpires
I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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Chinese Restaurant Work
You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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Life Live Moments
I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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Experience Instinct Natural Worry
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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Choices Health Winning
I don’t think I’m tough in a so called tough way. I’m tough on myself.
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Thinking Tough Way

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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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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