"Overwhelm, panic, and wanting to flee were states of being in my everyday life as I tried to figure out life on my own, in the city I had grown up in, after an entire life made in Olympia, Washington for the eight years previous."

-- Wendy C. Ortiz

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“The fascinating thing about ideals is that no sooner have we gained a desired peak than we find farther and higher peaks beyond. The thrilling adventure never ends.”
“I am not in the closet. I am not coming out of the closet. I am not gay.”
“One wears one's mind out in study, and yet has more mind with which to study. One gives away one's heart in love and yet has more heart to give away. One perishes out of pity for a suffering world, and is stronger therefore. So, too, it is possible at one and the same time to hold on to life and let go.”

Source : Milton Steinberg (1951). “A believing Jew”
“Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I don't like paying taxes, same as everybody else.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“For a moment, I thought of the word happy and it was a word that just, well, it felt like it was visiting me. I knew it wouldnâ€™t last for very long and Iâ€™d be sad again and then it would be worse because itâ€™s one thing to be sad and itâ€™s another thing to be sad once youâ€™ve been happy. Being sad after youâ€™ve been happy is the worst thing in the world.”

Source : Benjamin Alire Sáenz (2013). “Last Night I Sang to the Monster”, p.195, Cinco Puntos Press
“The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined.”
“So, if you have a grandma, thank the good Lord above, and give your grandmamma hugs and kisses, for grandmothers are to love.”

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