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The 970-page guide to being a successful perfectionist

The 970-page guide to being a successful perfectionist
Barbra Streisand's book tells you how to succeed in any business by really, really trying. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Ben CohenThere’s a story on page 845 of Barbra Streisand’s dishy new memoir that is so unbelievably Babs that it would be hard to believe if it were about anybody else.It’s a Sunday night. She’s at home watching the television premiere of The Prince of Tides, the 1991 film she directed, produced and starred in. And she can’t help but notice that something is wrong. Every time the movie goes to commercial, the volume gets cranked up way too loud. So she calls NBC and asks to speak with the network’s so...

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