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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

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My biggest nightmare is Im driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: Please help me. And the people say: Hey, you look like… And Im dying while theyre wondering whether Im Barbra Streisand. – Barbra Streisand

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

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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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Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. – Joel Hawes

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It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself. – Princess Anne Ireland

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