He (son Jason) doesn’t see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?
BARBRA STREISANDI also have intense relationships with furniture… probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
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I wasn’t supported, I wasn’t given any self-esteem.
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How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
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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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Around people I don’t know, I’m totally at a loss.
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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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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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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something.
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The artist as citizen is here to stay.
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Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man’s world.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, “Go on, go on – you can do it!
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Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don’t.
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