Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Like a bird she seems to wear gay plumage unconsciously, as if it grew upon her.

Henry Ward Beecher

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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.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • World
  • Man
  • Me

• I have many, many gay friends.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Friends
  • Gay
  • Many

• 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.

  

  Zachary Quinto
  • Life
  • Work
  • Road

• I never said I don't like gay people.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • People
  • Gay
  • Said

• I must've been a bird in some previous lifetime. I feel like I'm called to flying - the convenience and the beauty of it. That feeling of soaring would be empowering.

  

  Rachel Keller
  • Feeling
  • Beauty
  • Bird

• I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.

  

  Cameron Monaghan
  • Think
  • Community
  • Gay

• I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Career
  • Focus
  • Gay

• 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.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Children
  • Friends
  • Doubt

• My father always said, 'Malala will be free as a bird.'

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Father
  • Free
  • Freedom

• I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'

  

  Nate Berkus
  • She
  • Mother
  • House

• Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • She
  • Same
  • Bird

• I came to N.Y.C. in 1988 and got very involved with Act Up. I also started making movies, including two very gay shorts, 'Vaudeville' and 'Lady.' It was the height of the AIDS epidemic, and New York City was both dying and very alive at the same time.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Up
  • Time
  • City

• Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Kind
  • Gay
  • Economy

• I'd much rather wear out than rust out.

  

  Dan Rather
  • Wear
  • Rather
  • Rust

• In some countries, women aren't allowed to wear a swimsuit.

  

  Valeria Mazza
  • Women
  • Wear
  • Some

• 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.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Best
  • Gay
  • Better

• In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Opinion
  • Body
  • Gay

• We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • People
  • Gay
  • Look

• Say I'm a bird! Say it! Say it now!" "You're a bird." "Now say you're a bird too." "If you're a bird, I'm a bird.

  

  Nicholas Sparks
  • Bird

• Of course, you see your body changing as you age, but it's more important to live than be too preoccupied with that sort of thing. I think ultimately what people care about in other people is the energy, the spirit.

  

  Jacqueline Bisset
  • People
  • Important
  • Live

• I believe the Rolling Stones wanted to play in Golden Gate Park.

  

  Paul Kantner
  • Believe

• A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.

  

  John Galsworthy
  • Done

• The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through, but what they live for. That's what I love. The music they love, the people they love, the clothing, the hair and the life that they love

  

  David O. Russell
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• Like a bird she seems to wear gay plumage unconsciously, as if it grew upon her.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Gay
  • Bird
  • Wear