How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.
BARBRA STREISANDMy nose was part of my heritage, and if I had talent to sing and to act, why wasn’t that enough?
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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It’s not a date. We’re just agreeing to eat at the same table.
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It’s true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.
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One thing’s for sure: now when I look at Funny Girl, I think I was gorgeous. I was too beautiful to play Fanny Brice.
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Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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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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I don’t read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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A large part of me is pure nebbish – plain, dull, uninteresting. There’s a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
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Art transcends politics this weekend.
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I’m not weird, just different from people who aren’t different.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That’s what’s fun about recording with an orchestra.
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I don’t know why it is that we need to denigrate, to knock down. It’s so sick.
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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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My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don’t even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it’s like awards don’t mean anything.
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