"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay,"

-- Jason Collins

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“Mixed feelings, like mixed drinks, are a confusion to the soul.”
“When we were walking through the narrow alleys [of the Mathare Valley slums], it was literally impossible not to step in the raw sewage and the garbage alongside the little homes. But at the same time it was also impossible not to see the human vitality, the aspiration and the ambition of the people who live there.”
“The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.”

Source : "Debriefing: Charlayne Hunter-Gault on Jacob Zuma". Interview with Samantha Henig, www.newyorker.com. June 25, 2010.
“Love is a tyrant, resisted.”
“With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return All we have built do we discern.”
“Establish who you are, and don't let anybody dress you up or change the way you are, and stay true to yourself.”

Source : Source: www.hometowncountrymusic.com
“I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.”
“The photographs of one dead terrorist mastermind carry no real news or information about the nature or horror of war. They just create sensation instead of deeper understanding.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Philip Gourevitch on Osama Bin Laden". www.newyorker.com. May 4, 2011.

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