"Of course, I can't separate my queerness from my brownness - if anything, my queerness amplifies my brownness, and vice versa - but I spent so much of my early twenties trying to erase my differences, often without awareness of what I was doing."

-- Vivek Shraya

#Differences Quotes #Trying Quotes #Vices Quotes

“Laurence [Fishburne] is a great example of how to communicate to the audience as you're acting with another actor.”

Source : Source: screenrant.com
“All existing art was religious until perhaps a hundred years ago. Within that there's obviously been lots of room for manipulation. I think that's because our current religion is capitalism. Capitalism has the functions of patronage, commissions, control of content, bestowing of space, elevation of certain artists over others based on how much they pander to people in power, the determination of value of the work, all of it. Capitalism commissions artwork now, the market.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“If men only felt about death as they do about sleep, all terrors would cease. . . Men sleep contentedly, assured that they will wake the following morning. They should feel the same about their lives.”

Source : Richard Matheson (2007). “What Dreams May Come: A Novel”, p.144, Macmillan
“You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.”

Source : "Matt Gonzalez taking his run for mayor in stride / He wants to apply ethics to politics" by Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. October 22, 2003.
“While at Cal Tech I talked a lot with Jon Mathews, then a junior faculty member; he taught me how to use the Institute's computer; we also went on hikes together.”
“I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.”
“I never stopped loving the deeper sciences, and I read as deeply into lay science as I can.”
“The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most recently, the CIO, chief investment officer, a nice boost for the bookkeeper you can't afford to give a raise . . .”

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