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		You have to be able to see the world as a whole to bear it - to see the Queerness that moves in every bit of Fairyland, how it threads through every heart and field, how we are all bound together up in the Weird Well of the World.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Catherynne M. Valente 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felix Adler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kara DioGuardi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Feuerriegel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. M. Coetzee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Pilkington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ann Callis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		That subtle knot which makes us man: So must pure lovers' souls descend T' affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else a great Prince in prison lies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Donne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kim Kardashian 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Socrates 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to be able to see the world as a whole to bear it - to see the Queerness that moves in every bit of Fairyland, how it threads through every heart and field, how we are all bound together up in the Weird Well of the World. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Catherynne M. Valente