Andrew Solomon Quotes

The more gay people can tell our stories, the more other people will accept gay people.

Andrew Solomon

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My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.

Olympia Snowe
- People
- Government
- Turn
People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.

Irvine Welsh
- People
- Culture
- Without
If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.

D. B. Weiss
- People
- Car
- Dog
The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.

Ta-Nehisi Coates
- People
- Good
- American
I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply my skills as an actor.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- People
- Love
- Emotions
I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.

Daniel Boulud
- People
- Time
- Myself