It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
BARBRA STREISANDIt’s very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
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Everyone has a right to love and be loved, and nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He’s done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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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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Life’s too short. Start with Dessert!
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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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I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.
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Love comes from the most unexpected places.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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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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