I want the best product for my audience, and if I don’t care 100%, who will? It’s my name, my likeness that goes out there.
BARBRA STREISANDThank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I can take any truth; just don’t lie to me.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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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 was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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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 must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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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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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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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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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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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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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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Oh God, don’t envy me, I have my own pains.
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You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it.
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I never liked stardom. It’s weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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When I was a teenager in New York, I was buying antique clothes. I still am.
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They’re called ‘angels’ because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out.
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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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It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I’ve done.
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