Quote by Barbra Streisand
The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and atta

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our countrys immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically. – Barbra Streisand

Other quotes by Barbra Streisand

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other peoples views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but its also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do – bad or good. – Barbra Streisand

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good
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Ive 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. – Barbra Streisand

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Art
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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 Streisand

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strength
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AIDS
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We are all HIV-positive. – Diamanda Galas

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AIDS

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. – Tryon Edwards

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AIDS

The AIDS epidemic has rolled back a big rotting log and revealed all the squirming life underneath it, since it involves, all at once, the main themes of our existence: sex, death, power, money, love, hate, disease and panic. No American phenomenon has been so compelling since the Vietnam War. – Edmund White

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AIDS

My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation. – Thom Gunn

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AIDS

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So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone. – Pamela Stephenson

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alone

I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and Ive worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces. – Tommy Lee Jones

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movies

Thats one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But theres more jealousy in Switzerland because its so little and they dont have so many athletes. – Martina Hingis

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Jealousy

Babies are such a nice way to start people. – Don Herrold