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		I had a number of different labels. A lot of people assumed I was gay because I was wearing a man's suit, and one had to learn that it's OK, people will do that, and you don't always have to explain it one hundred percent, because they're never going to accept what your own interpretation is. It's all illusory.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Annie Lennox 
			 
			
				Eurythmics  
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Learn from your dreams what you lack. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				W. H. Auden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Barack Obama 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Galifianakis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the streets, hanging out with the fellows, there are things you learn that no book can teach you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ramon Rodriguez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		On the blockchain, you have a public ledger, which is the form of ownership. That means you are not doing net settlement - just netting everything down, which means that everything has been turned into fungible numbers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick M. Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach Galligan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks - are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Lance Loud 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy West 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscience. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Jackson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nate Berkus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I want simply to learn about the world and live freely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		My mom was a little weepy. My dad was very logical about it. Once they realized you can't change, they wanted to know that you can be happy and be gay. Once they realized that, they were very cool about it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Cameron Mitchell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Anne McCaffrey 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was a true wrestler. I was a Division I national champion. I came into the business wanting one thing and one thing only, and that was to be the champion, and I wasn't going to let anybody stand in my way. I think there was one guy that had a problem with that, and that was Undertaker. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brock Lesnar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Harry S Truman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Stephen Covey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a number of different labels. A lot of people assumed I was gay because I was wearing a man's suit, and one had to learn that it's OK, people will do that, and you don't always have to explain it one hundred percent, because they're never going to accept what your own interpretation is. It's all illusory. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Annie Lennox 
			 
			
				Eurythmics