What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other… but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
BARBRA STREISANDI’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.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.
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I need instant gratification.
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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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Why is it people who want the truth never believe it when they hear it?
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I don’t enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don’t enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
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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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When I sing, people shut up.
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don’t think I’d have made it any other way.
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We elected a President, not a Pope.
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It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.
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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 only began to sing because I couldn’t get a job as an actress.
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The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.
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