"When you lose the gayborhoods, you lose the political power that comes when you're concentrated in precincts, and you also lose the cultural vitality."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Cleve Jones

#Political Quotes #Vitality Quotes #Political Power Quotes

“Impatience is not wanting to understand that you don't understand.”
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”
“You'd have to be an imbecile or hypocrite to imagine that a professional cyclist who rides 235 days a year can hold himself together without stimulants.”
“Every year, you try to be more consistent. It's a long year and it's tough to do. But those great players do find it. That's something that I try to do.?”
“I know of no case in which you are to have a judicial proceeding, by which a man is to be deprived of any part of his property, without his having an opportunity of being heard.”
“Tell the people what they want and decide what they need.”
“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls...are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”

Source : James Patterson (2001). “Suzanne's diary for Nicholas: a novel”
“We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why do this, you may ask? Because it'll be fun.”

Source : "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". TV Series, (1992 - ).

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