Anderson Silva Quotes

The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.

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• Another argument, vaguer and even less persuasive, is that gay marriage somehow does harm to heterosexual marriage. I have yet to meet anyone who can explain to me what this means. In what way would allowing same-sex partners to marry diminish the marriages of heterosexual couples?

  

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• The thing I always demand is respect. I respect everybody and have a history in the sport, and I believe people need to respect me.

  

  Anderson Silva
  • People
  • Believe
  • History