My nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
BARBRA STREISANDAnd remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Why don’t you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I’m a little low in sugar and I don’t have any cream, but it’s real coffee.
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No one should have to conform to some mythical concept of the ideal family.
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Most awards, you know, they don’t give you unless you go and get them – did you know that? Terribly discouraging.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things, too, like decorate.
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Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
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You don’t ask a man, ‘Do you want to be in control [of your job]?’ You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different?
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I need instant gratification.
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We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
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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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New York critics – I hear when one of them watched “A Star Is Born”, he talked back to the screen.
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Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you’re having an affair, if you don’t you’re having a feud.
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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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I just became a singer, because I could never get work as an actress.
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