Urvashi Vaid Quotes
The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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My characters are driven by a passionate desire for justice. They are rebellious and incorruptible.
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The kind of cynical politics of divide and conquer, that's shameful stuff, and I don't know - people live their life like that, but I don't know how they look back and feel good about themselves.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
Garry Kasparov -
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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My favorite part of touring is when I see girls that I've been talking to on my site and then meeting them in person. I can't believe how well the fans get along together. Everyone just seems to be really cool.
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The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.
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Writing for me is a dragnet that carries everything away with it: expressions and figures of speech, postures, feelings, thoughts, troubles. In short, the lives of others.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.
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The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.
