"For a political movement to not understand that sexuality is a profound component of both how people are oppressed and how people dream, is not to recognize the reality of political power and where it's centered."

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Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

Amber Hollibaugh

#Dream Quotes #Reality Quotes #People Quotes

“Teaching someone that doesn't know something forces you to think about almost every single aspect of it, including parts of it that you could sort of take for granted.”
“I think that presidents don't give up power that has accrued to them by the precedent of previous presidents. Even when they say they would like to, I think once they get there they don't give it up.”
“Christianity must mean everything to us before it can mean anything to others.”
“Then finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre!”
“The aim and end of the artist is not truth exactly, much less fact; it is effect... There is no doubt he [the photographer] best gets his effect by way of truth, but he uses it as he would a servant, not a master.”

Source : Henry Peach Robinson (1896). “The Elements of a Pictorial Photograph”
“I always stood for the elimination of conflict and wars, and any of those causes that ignite them.”
“People in government are self-interested just like people in business.”
“I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.”

Source : "CNN's Amanpour", www.cnn.com. September 24, 2012.

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