"Whenever you get involved with talking about rights, you're talking about being a citizen. You're talking about being a citizen in capitalism; you're talking about what rights are granted to what identities, under what laws, and all that is a big mix. Marriage is, among many other things, a formality to channel capital through a family. And that's why the big DOMA lawsuit was about paying too many taxes! "I wouldn't have had to pay all these taxes if Theodora had been Theo" - that was the big tagline. It's all about protecting assets."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Maggie Nelson

#Identity Quotes #Granted Quotes #Taxes Quotes

“There's a statue of Jimmy Stewart in the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the statue talks better than he does.”
“Life is the wonder with which we are all infused.”

Source : Pearl S. Buck (2013). “The Eternal Wonder: A Novel”, p.9, Open Road Media
“We have always been searching for home. It's in our art... our religion... everything.”
“I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.”
“When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.”
“It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.”
“Architecture is the thoughtful making of space”

Source : Louis I. Kahn (1969). “Louis I. Kahn: Talks with Students”

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