Mark McKinnon Quotes
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Some reporter called me 'the angriest gay man in the world' or some such. Well, it stuck, but I realized it was very useful.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.
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Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country.
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Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way.
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Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks - are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other.
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If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings.
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I'm a gay man who came out when I was 10 years old, and there's nothing in my life that I'm prouder of.
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You can be a man who loves a woman but love someone the way a gay man loves another man or a woman loves a woman.
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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.
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Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
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There just needs to be a gay rapper. He doesn't have to be flamboyant, just a rapper who identifies as gay - who's better than everybody. Unfortunately hip-hop is so competitive that in order for fringe groups to get in, you gotta be better than whoever's the best.
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I changed my writing style deliberately. My first two novels were written in a very self-consciously literary way. After I embraced gay subject matter, which was then new, I didn't want to stand in its way. I wanted to make the style as transparent as possible so I could get on with it and tell the story, which was inherently interesting.
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I am not gay, but if I were, I would be the first one running out of the closet.
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We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.
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I love traveling. I've been doing it since I was 16.
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During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job.
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I'm saying it loud: I'm a Republican who supports gay rights.
