"I think that a big part of the energy that was going into fighting AIDS was reduced when we saw that more of the new infections were among our black and brown young people. That's a sad truth to have to claim, but I believe it's true."

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Cleve Jones

#Believe Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Kate Winslet [for Steve Jobs movie, 2015] is the darling. If you wanna be the king you gotta kill the king. I think Charlotte [Rampling] is the dark horse on this one. No one does classic beauty better than her.”
“You don't make movies about "men" and "women." You make movies about this guy and this woman and if you get them right, you'll automatically connect with a lot of people.”
“We would rather be feared than respected.”
“Man, the cutting edge of terrestrial life, has no rational alternative but to expand the environmental and resource base beyond Earth.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The Ploughmen is as good a book as Iâ€™ve read in years. Kim Zupanâ€™s language is as rich as Cormac McCarthyâ€™s, and like Cormacâ€™s, it comes from ground-zero of the heart. Iâ€™m also reminded of James Lee Burkeâ€™s sure-footed prose and delight in metaphor. Luminous...nothing short of brilliant...a firstnovel that leaves me impatient for the next.”
“I think you know by now that I've been called many things by many people. Quitter is not one of them.”
“There is no logical reason why thoughts, which have no substance, should have so much power over you, nor is there any reason why you should become their slave”
“I am a lucky player; a powerful winning force surrounds me.”

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