"My struggle has allowed me to transcend that sense of shame and stigma identified with my being a Black gay man. Having come through the fire, they can't touch me."

-- Marlon Riggs

#Struggle Quotes #Gay Quotes #Men Quotes

“I'm not saying we purposely introduced bugs or anything, but this is kind of a natural result of any complexities of software... that you can't fully test it.”
“There is no filmmaking legislation because distributors are not interested in sharing their money with the film industry - for instance, by giving a percentage of ticket sales back to filmmakers.”
“What gunpowder did for war, the printing-press has done for the mind; and the statesman is no longer clad in the steel of special education, but every reading man is his judge.”
“Maybe there's a different story when it comes to hip-hop or different genres, but as far as rock music goes, I think there is a sort of fear of saying things people might be apt to criticize. Our band is the opposite of that.”
“Where you are tender, you speak your plural.”
“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.”
“I had never intended to be on the show more than three years, regardless of how successful it was. I had other things I wanted to do. And I was offered a role in 'Red Sky at Morning', [1970]. I got that part because [producer] Hal Wallis had seen the HERE'S LUCY show with Ann-Margaret. It was a thrill for me, getting to do the drama and comedy. It was such a good role. So I missed several episodes of the show to shoot the movie. And I never came back but one.”
“We're all crazy. What's your specific form of crazy?”

Source : Sarah Mlynowski (2011). “Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done”, p.153, Hachette UK

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