Barbra Streisand and Pat Conroy: The Way We Were

What It Takes®

Academy of Achievement

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Barbra Streisand is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. In the early 1990's, she forged an unlikely friendship with novelist Pat Conroy, when they collaborated on the movie version of his book, The Prince of Tides. In this episode, you'll hear wonderful, engaging talks by both of these great artists - about what it took for them to overcome the adversity in their early lives, to achieve greatness. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2017

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0:00.0	If your idea of a perfect August day includes eating ice cream,
0:09.0	binge reading a Pat Conroy novel on a quiet beach and singing along to some Barbara Strise Antoons on a long drive.
0:18.0	You're going to like this summer vacation episode of what it takes.
0:22.0	We've got inspiring talks by both Barbara Striseand and Pat
0:27.6	Conroy. Sorry you're on your own for the ice cream. And by the way, if summers already passed
0:35.1	by the time you're listening to this episode,
0:38.0	well, just pretend the day is long and sunny
0:41.7	with great things in store. This is what it takes a podcast about
0:46.5	passion, vision and perseverance from the Academy of Achievement.
0:52.7	I'm Alice Winkler.
0:54.4	Had a maid, this child is gifted.
0:58.0	And I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:00.2	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity, and you don't take it, you may never have another chance.
1:06.5	It all was so clear. It was just like the picture started to form itself.
1:11.0	There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth, darkness over light,
1:17.0	death over life.
1:19.0	Every day I wake up and decide today I'm going to love my life. Decide.
1:25.0	My advice is if they're going to break your leg once when you go in that place
1:30.1	stay out of there. And then along come these differential experiences that you don't
1:35.1	look for, you don't plan for, but boy you better not miss them.
1:41.2	On this episode of what it takes we're doing something a little different, something we do just once or twice a year.
1:51.0	Instead of telling you the in-depth story of one person's life, we're going to let you
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