"15 or 20 years ago it would not have been possible for me to come out. Back then, people still had such narrow views, but today many of them are more liberal. Being gay is no longer a taboo in many parts of society. That has affected sports, even boxing."

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Source : "'I Couldn't Accept Being Gay Because I Was too Afraid'". Interview with Lukas Eberle, www.spiegel.de. November 9, 2012.

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“I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics of my fellow soldiers that day were, in fact, legendary. People like Lori Piestewa and First Sergeant Dowdy who picked up fellow soldiers in harm's way. Or people like Patrick Miller and Sergeant Donald Walters who actually fought until the very end. The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate tales.”

Source : "Rambo image was based on lie, says US war hero Jessica Lynch" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2007.
“The right to be married was hard earned by the marriage equality movement and one of its "perks" is the right to use the terms commonly associated with marriage; husband and wife are the two most common.”
“Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.”
“If I'm with a man I'm soft and buttery.”
“Courage is doing something you need to do that might get you hurt.”

Source : "Bobby Bowden: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 30, 2009.
“Kids on a team are like flowers in a bouquet, there is always one that wants to face a different way than the arranger desires.”
“When anything doesn't hit with a huge laugh, as comics, it feels like, Oh no, oh no, we're sinking.”
“As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.”

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