In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It’s not so competitive.
BARBRA STREISANDArt finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.
More Barbra Streisand Quotes
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I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.
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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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I’m tired of malicious articles slandering me.
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Everybody’s frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?
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I don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like talking about the work.
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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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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.
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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.’
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I do have friends that are Republicans, and we have very spirited conversations on a whole range of issues. I am often baffled by why they are Republicans, but I enjoy the dialogue and can move beyond politics to find common ground in my personal relationships.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can’t be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant.
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If a man wants to get it right, he’s looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she’s difficult or impossible. If he acts, produces and directs, he’s called multitalented. If she does the same thing, she’s called vain and egotistical.
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I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn’t like me at all.
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A human being is only interesting if he’s in contact with himself.
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