"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood."

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Source : Chicago Defender newspaper, April 01, 1998.

Coretta Scott King

#Racism Quotes #People Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“My image is me. I talk for myself. I didn't become this person others wanted me to be.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I've loved all of my time here.”
“But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out.”
“I worked 120 hours a week for eight years. That's 20 to 22 hours a day every day and one week I only got 15 hours sleep.”
“Writers are not mere copyists of language; they are polishers, embellishers, perfecters. They spend hours getting the timing right so that what they write sounds completely unrehearsed.”

Source : "Bad Comma" by Louis Menand, www.newyorker.com. June 28, 2004.
“I was an adult and I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was performing in this cave - they used to bury the plague victims in these caves underneath the streets of Edinburgh, when I got this weird cold sensation up my spine, it gave me this really weird feeling, and then I looked up and there was this white, sudden white shape, that just zapped from me and went straight to the light that was at the back of the room, and I just stopped cold and said to the audience, "Did you guys see that?" No one saw it.”
“I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It was important for me to show that Beirut and Lebanon were once the pearl of the Middle East. Beirut was once called the Paris of the Middle East and to have that feeling of a destroyed place that once was beautiful and glamorous and visually impressive was important. I think it's even sadder to get the feeling that this country, and indeed the whole Middle East, could have been a major force in the world if people would get together and forget about destruction, death and wars. But unfortunately, it's not happening yet.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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