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A human being is only interesting if he's in contact with himself. I learned you have to trust yourself, be what you are, and do what you ought to do the way you should do it. You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

Barbra Streisand

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Barbra Streisand
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 24
Actor
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Brooklyn
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