"Heterosexuality - whichever gender you are - says that the other gender is very important to you."

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Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

#Important Quotes #Heterosexuality Quotes #Gender Quotes

“To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've only pressed Pause.”
“Senate Bill 1062 does not address a specific and present concern related to religious liberty in Arizona. I have not heard of one example in Arizona where a business owner's religious liberty has been violated. The bill is broadly worded and could result in unintended and negative consequences. After weighing all of the arguments, I vetoed Senate Bill 1062 moments ago.”

Source : "Jan Brewer: 'So Is Nondiscrimination'" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. February 27, 2014.
“I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did.”
“If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”

Source : "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397". 1989.
“i cried when i saw those buildings collapse on themselves like a broken heart.”
“It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.”
“The real secret of magic is that there is no magic.”

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