Barbra Streisand Quotes
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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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Literatures, like trees and plants, are born of a land and in it flourish and die. But literatures, also like plants, may be carried abroad to take root in a foreign soil.
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Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
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I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say, I do have the world's most perfect husband, so a cuddle from him always cheers me up. He's a good guy.
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Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline.
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Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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I am an Air Force brat who grew up at various Air Force bases. I changed six schools in about five years and got stability for the first time when I was sent to a boarding school, Rishi Valley. I lived outside of a cantonment-style living and was among an eclectic mix of kids and got exposed to books and other things.
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A day with my kids is the best day.
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You may dislike what somebody else has said; that is perfectly valid. You may not agree with what somebody else has said. But saying something cannot possibly amount to sedition.
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Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.
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You want to be a good mother, and you want to be a good actress, and you want to be a good friend, and we expect this of us, to be all of this.
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One of the uses of depression is the exposure of what auditors fail to find.
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They tell me that truth lies somewhere at the bottom of a well, and at virtually the door of our home is a most notable if long dried well. Our location is thus quite favorable, if we but keep patience.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
