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		What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life, I felt doomed. I could imagine no path that would allow me to realize my authentic self. I felt the need to lie, even to myself, insisting: I am straight.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jane Velez-Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		When life knocks you down, keep getting up. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Malorie Blackman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing songs is an essential part of my life: my mother teaches piano, and I have inherited my grandparents' passion for music, especially from my grandfather Tommy, who was a great drummer. It's no coincidence that I play the drums best, but I am also good with the guitar and the piano. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Caleb Landry Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The divorce was the toughest thing in my life. It still hurts. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Edd Byrnes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbet Schroeder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Babasaheb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. O. Wilson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sallust 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Suffering turns men towards their creator. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ramana Maharshi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I mean, if you're asking a fellow to come out of a room so that you can dismember him with a carving knife, it's absurd to tack a 'sir' on to every sentence. The two things don't go together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				P. G. Wodehouse 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ida B. Wells 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's a misunderstanding somewhere, and I want to put it right. The fact is, this is a good dragon. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kenneth Grahame 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What's it like to figure out you're gay and then begin the process of coming out? Well, for most of my life, I felt doomed. I could imagine no path that would allow me to realize my authentic self. I felt the need to lie, even to myself, insisting: I am straight. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jane Velez-Mitchell