It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That’s not what I’m about.
BARBRA STREISANDDoubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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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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I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.
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The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.
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I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
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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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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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I don’t like the word ‘superstar’. It has ridiculous implications. These words – star, stupor, superstar, stupid star – they’re misleading. It’s a myth.
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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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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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Eighteenth century American furniture and the design of the architects Greene and Greene are my special love.
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The dream – you never achieve it. The excitement of life lies in the hope, in the striving for something rather than the attainment.
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