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		I met too frankly preposterous, if it weren't for their banal evil, politicians and pastors who told knowing lies about the evils of homosexuality in order to attract bigger flocks to their churches and more votes and power to their corrupt councils. LGBT people seem to be being scapegoated more and more just as at the same time in more enlightened countries more and more freedom to express themselves, marry, be given official intersex status and so on is offered.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Callie Thorne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kajol 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am really glad I was raised Catholic. I like the fundamental aspects of that religion. I think they give you great grounding in terms of having a moral code. But I do not subscribe to any religion specifically now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Frances O'Connor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ira Sachs 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Nearly everywhere monarchs raised themselves further above the level of the greatest nobles and buttressed their new pretensions to respect and authority with cannons and taxation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. M. Roberts 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Saint Teresa of Avila 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quincy Jones 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Even if a sense of honor and duty were not the primary motivating factors in the Warren Commission's work, simple self-interest would naturally have induced its members not to try to cover up the existence of a conspiracy if, in fact, they found one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vincent Bugliosi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We will work on ways to digitally enhance Everest, matching it with Dolomites and Everest, but I'll do everything physically first. If there's no other way, then I'll go to CGI. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Baltasar Kormakur 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Contempt is the only asymmetrical expression in the muscular facial system: Disgust, fear, happiness, surprise and anger typically express themselves symmetrically. Contempt is marked by one lip corner pulled up and in a dismissive sneer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pamela Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On immigration, Europe is in danger of displaying the worst of itself: selfishness, haphazard decision-making and rows between member states. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Paolo Gentiloni 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		visiting Jackson Pollock’s studio: You do not work from nature. This is no good, you will repeat yourself. You work by heart, not from nature. Pollock reacted: 'I am nature 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hans Hofmann