Sylvia Rivera famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Hell hath no fury like a drag queen scorned,
-- Sylvia Rivera -
I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist…I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, “My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!
-- Sylvia Rivera
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My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
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Those shows I did with Queen were pretty surreal. I was really excited and super-flattered, but intimidated at the same time.
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Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand categorically denies that such a majority is an independent factor of any importance.
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Fruits fail and love dies and time ranges;Thou art fed with perpetual breath, and alive after infinite changes,And fresh from the kisses of death,Of langours rekindled and rallied, Of barren delights and unclean,Things monstrous and fruitless, a pallidAnd poisonous queen.
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Hell is the place where one has ceased to hope.
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O man! Prepare yourself for the Hereafter, obey Allah to the extent of your need for Him and anger Him to the extent of your patience in Hell.
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My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing.
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I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.
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Central planning doesn't work. A little bit of it is a drag. A lot is fatal.
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It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again.
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