"The Fire Department has traditionally considered architecture a priority only when itâ€™s burning down."

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Justin Davidson

#Fire Quotes #Priorities Quotes #Burning Quotes

“It took us five hours to reach Tokyo, but I was really happy. I kept talking about myself, and didn't hear anything about Nana. But now that I know you better; I know you wouldn't say anything.”
“Well, guess what, Iâ€™m Cuban! And no self-respecting Cuban man of the era would let his wife work.”
“And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is the middle of the day and I can't hear any noise except birds singing and wind and sometimes buildings falling down in the distance, and if I stand very close to traffic lights I can hear a little click as the colors change.”
“There is a gesture he has, a motion, that always reminds me of a great batter leaning into a hit. He has a way of throwing one foot forward, putting his head down a bit as he silently runs the valves, and then the cheeks bloom out in the way that has mystified his dentist for years, and he hits into the solo. When that foot goes forward like that, you know that John Birks Gillespie is no longer clowning. Stand back.”
“When I came out â€” when I was 17 years old â€” it was one of those things where I realized that there was going to be so many obstacles, but being gay doesn't mean being weak. And being gay doesn't mean that you are less than anybody else. It's just who you are.”

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“Love while you've got love to give. Live while you've got life to live.”
“The world belongs primarily to the dead, and we only rent it from them for a little while. They created it, they wrote its literature and its songs, and they are deeply invested in how children are treated, because the children are the ones who will keep it going. The idea that each of us has the right to change everything is a deep insult to them.”
“No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?”

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