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Barbra Streisand

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    Barbra Streisand

    A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself.

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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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    A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.

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    A man is commanding - a woman is demanding. A man is forceful - a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising - a woman is a ball-breaker. A man is a perfectionist - a woman's a pain in the ass. He's assertive - she's aggressive. He strategizes - she manipulates. He shows leadership - she's controlling. He's committed - she's obsessed. He's persevering - she's relentless. He sticks to his guns - she's stubborn. 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 and impossible.

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    A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. But a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

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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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    Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.

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    Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth.

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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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    Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.

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    Art transcends politics this weekend.

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    As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

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    Being a celebrity is a no-win situation. If you get along with your co-star you're having an affair, if you don't you're having a feud.

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    Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

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    Believe in the power of your voice! Be yourself. Everyone is unique.

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    Doubt 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.

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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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    Everybody's frightened a bit. But how many of us just go through the fear and do it anyway?

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    For me, one of the most disturbing elements of the right wing's political agenda is that it believes that there is one correct spiritual and moral path for all people to follow. The danger inherent in this is its explicit refusal to accept anyone who happens to lead a different lifestyle, and the condemnation of those who differ.

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    He (son Jason) doesn't see me as a (gay) icon, he sees me as his mother who touches his hair too much. No, I love being an icon to anybody. Equal rights, you know?

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    How can we accept a situation in which there are no longer orchestras, choruses, libraries or art classes to nourish our children? We need more support for the arts, not less -- particularly to make this rich world available to young people whose vision is choked by a stark reality. How many children, who have no other outlet in their lives for their grief, have found solace in an instrument to play or a canvas to paint on? When you take into consideration the development of the human heart, soul and imagination, don't the arts take on just as much importance as math or science?

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    How could such a destructive man [referring to Bush] be so popular with the American people?... Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well.

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    How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination.

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    I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

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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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    I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?

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    I am a nice person. I care about my driver having lunch, you know.

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    I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

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    I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to go crazy out of his mind for me. I want to feel passion and heat and sweat and madness. I want valenties and cupids and all of that crap. I want it all.

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    I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'

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    I can take any truth; just don't lie to me.

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    I can't cook, at all. I would not know how to make coffee. I took cooking classes, so I know how to make chocolate soufflé, but ask me if I want to make soufflé. I let somebody else make the chocolate soufflé, and I eat it. I found that, when I took cooking classes and tried to cook, I didn't want to eat it. The joy was gone. I was always filthy with the stuff, and then had to clean it up. I don't like that.

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    I can't stand to see red in my profit-or-loss column. I'm Taurus the bull, so I react to red. If I see it, I sell my stocks quickly.

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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 don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

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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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    I don't feel like a legend. I feel like a work in progress.

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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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    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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    I’d rather not talk about money. It’s kind of gross.

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    I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

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    I'd take out a joint and light it. First, just faking it. Then I started lighting live joints, passing them around to the band, you know. I was great, it relieved all my tensions. And I ended up with the greatest supply of grass ever. Other acts up and down the Strip heard about what I was doing - Little Anthony and the Imperials, people like that - and started sending me the best dope in the world. I never ran out.

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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 go by instinct - I don't worry about experience.

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    I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

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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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    I hate tooting my own horn, but after Steven Spielberg saw Yentl, he said: "I wish I could tell you how to fix your picture, but I can't. It's the best film I've seen since Citizen Kane".

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    I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.

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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 just don't like the idea of her singing my songs. Who the hell does she thinks she is? The world doesn't need another Streisand! (on Diana Ross)