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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 considered having my nose fixed. But I didnt trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror. – Barbra Streisand

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Trust
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AIDS
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Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable. – Amanda Heggs

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AIDS

AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them. – Susan Sontag

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AIDS

Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making. – James Anderton

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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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I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now? – Jim Capaldi

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Morning

I have no control over peoples perceptions of me at all and thats one of the things I decided very early on is that I cant control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things. – Macaulay Culkin

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We will be safer from terrorist attack only when we have earned the respect of all other nations instead of their fear, respect for our values and not merely our weapons. – Theodore C. Sorensen

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Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. Its just that constant strangeness. I think its a very real thing. – Jason Schwartzman

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dating