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		The fact that, for so many generations, ordinary, everyday Americans came out of the closet and told their family and friends about who they are has laid the foundation for public sentiment to change. They got comfortable in their own skins to be able to share themselves with family and friends. This is where social change took place.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mark Takano 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rand Paul 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Omari Hardwick 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. R. Ammons 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Cooper 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. G. Ballard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ted Koppel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ice T 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Saina Nehwal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Kerouac 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The fan support was the greatest. It's everything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Pablo Sandoval 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold Pinter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'The Fight Club' DVD is great. I like anything that has really good extras because as an actor, it's really great to see the behind-the-scenes stuff and see how different actors approach their particular project. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. J. Cook