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
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. – Barbra Streisand
Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men? – Barbra Streisand
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
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