"Of all sports, football seems to be the most sanctioned homosocial opportunity for straight men to be with each other, pat butts, struggle, strive, and take showers together. All that talk of tight ends and penetration. The reason there are face masks on those helmets is so that can't kiss each other."

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Source : Kate Clinton (2012). “Don't Get Me Started”, p.60, Bywater Books

Kate Clinton

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“I fell asleep at my desk many times. This was when working on eventsâ€”virtually every one Iâ€™ve done in the last 5 years. I was not confronting the writing of speeches. In fact, I was not wanting to confront what I was doing at the timeâ€”being irresponsible... I am now known for falling asleep. This has happened 50 times in the last 5 years and probably 20 times at my desk in the last 2 years.”
“I don't want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn't you have some bodyguards or something?" "Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?”
“I went back and listened to the first three albums I made and tried to figure out what was special about them, why people keep going back to them. I think it was because I didn't know what I was doing. I had no idea if they were going to play it on the radio or anything. All I did was write songs, so that's what I got back to.”

Source : Source: www.cbn.com
“There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.”
“I think you've got good people and bad people in everything you do. If you start making a big deal of it, then it's a problem. It's like in life. We've got bad doctors and lawyers. We've got bad priests! We don't target every priest and say he's bad. You have to go to church and you have to go see some doctors. Some people have to be good.”
“The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.”
“If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.”
“I guess economists, itâ€™s a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field,”

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