"I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."

-- Theodore Bikel

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“Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court.”

Source : "WNBA Star Sheryl Swoopes: I'm Gay". www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2005.
“If it had been anything else, we would have said, 'People don't want us to do it. Forget it. Let's just leave it alone.' But this is not in that category. This is interesting science. New science. With a hint of a possibility of a very useful technology. Therefore, if you've got any integrity, you don't give up. You only give up if you find you are wrong. But as long as you believe that you are right, you have to continue. And you have to take the consequences.”
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
“It seems to me that the fact that I am a woman is a bigger issue than the fact that I'm from the East. For me it isn't really important. I've only ever known myself as a woman.”
“One of the things I like about our contract is that you have relieved me of a great deal of personal interviewing and corresponding, among other things, which allows me a lot more time for painting.”
“My mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon,”

Source : "Joan Rivers, Comedian and TV Host, Dies at 81" by Carmel Dagan and Pat Saperstein, variety.com. September 4, 2014.
“Be the captain of your ship. Breathe and be grateful.”
“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.”

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