"What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Government Quotes #Wings Quotes #People Quotes

“The most important political step that any gay man or lesbian can take is to come out of the closet. It's been proven that it is easier to hate us and to fear us if you can't see us.”
“In a painting, you can't make out whether the artist painted the left eye before the right eye. In Chinese calligraphy, you can see the progression of the artist's stroke.”
“It's painful, but it's part of the recognition that makes real healing possible, if healing is possible (the jury is out on that, that's the usual phrase - should I say the jury is deadlocked?). Staying with the pain, attending to it, being present to and with it - that's the task, because that's the only (as far as I can tell) hope of finding a way forward.”
“Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost.”
“What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace.”
“Don't go where I can't follow!”
“You get a real person down there and his talking will take care of itself.”
“So be it. God created profoundly fallible creatures on this earth, and human history is mostly the story of error and accident.”

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