"It's a lot easier being black than gay. At least if you're black you don't have to tell your parents."

-- Judy Carter

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“It cannot be considered success unless you are smiling.”
“What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.”
“There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle with the power of active citizenship.”
“The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.”
“The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent.”

Source : "Harold Bloom, The Art of Criticism No. 1". Interview with Antonio Weiss, biblioklept.org. 1991.
“Show business can be an addiction. ... An audience would laugh at me one night, and I would chase that high for another three months.”
“It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.”

Source : "Zoe Saldana On Why She Quit Ballet As A Teen: ‘I Was Dying Inside’" by Lee Hernandez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2012.
“It's funny to have become an elegant skier now. But my drive is still the same.”

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