"I was raised a right-wing Republican and was about eighteen when I had to admit to myself that in regards to the great domestic crucible of the day, civil rights and racial justice, conservatives were on the wrong side historically and morally, and that it took too much intellectual and psychological jujitsu to pretend otherwise. I didn't want to pretend anymore; I wanted to be on the right side."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Steve Erickson

#Wings Quotes #Rights Quotes #Justice Quotes

“I write to find out about how the world sings.”
“A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows.”
“I don't think that VR is going to lead to humanity being enslaved in the matrix or letting the world crumble around us. I think it's going to end up being a great technology that brings closer people together, that allows for better communication, that reduces a lot of environmental waste that we're currently doing in the real world. It's probably not going to be nearly as interesting as depicted in science fiction as far as the bad things go.”
“Now it is a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. If you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other, you are very likely to get what you want.”
“I have alternately been called an Aristocrat and a Democrat. I am neither. I am a Christocrat.”
“I don't write music for sissy ears.”
“So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.”

Source : "Exclusive: Katherine Heigl on being 'disappointed' in herself and the truth behind Emmygate". Interview with Michael Ausiello, ew.com. March 25, 2010.
“I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people.”

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