I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: ‘I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.’
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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I’ll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I need instant gratification.
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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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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits and then complain that he’s not the man she married?
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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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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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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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.
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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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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music – unless it’s Billie Holiday.
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I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations.
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I go by instinct – I don’t worry about experience.
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