Evan Wolfson Quotes
Americans will see that when lesbians and gay men are given access to most of the rights and obligations of civil marriage, the sky will not fall and the institution of marriage will be even stronger.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
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Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I love the sea.
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I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my skin erupt.
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There is no difference between fundamental research and applied research. Although this is my view, based on personal taste and the areas I have worked in, it is not necessarily true for others.
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Television is a visual medium. You have to create some kind of visual interest. And it's entertainment for your eyes.
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.
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I used to be a serious sneaker addict, but I've moved on a little bit from those days.
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I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.
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Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego.
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We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think that the only way we further this conversation is to take them down to a very human scale.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage".
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Americans will see that when lesbians and gay men are given access to most of the rights and obligations of civil marriage, the sky will not fall and the institution of marriage will be even stronger.
