S. Bear Bergman Quotes
When people speak admiringly of a butch, what I see is someone who has taken on the best gendered characteristics of both woman and man, left a lot of the stuff born of misogyny and heterosexism behind, and walked forward into the world without apology.

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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I get homesick.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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I feel the audience are friends that have come to see us. That was always how we look on it in the Carter Family. I've never suffered stage fright.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I think that's what is so cool about performing. When there is a show to do, you get up there and do it.
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Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.
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In the 21st Century, the anti-traditional marriage community is in league with the anti-life community, and together with the NAACP and other sympathizers, they are seeking a world where homosexual marriage and abortion will supposedly set the captives free.
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The line we draw between animals that are socially acceptable and those we find repugnant can be awfully arbitrary.
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When people speak admiringly of a butch, what I see is someone who has taken on the best gendered characteristics of both woman and man, left a lot of the stuff born of misogyny and heterosexism behind, and walked forward into the world without apology.