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“If we could only use other folks' experience, this here world would be heaven in about three generations, but we're so constructed that we never believe fire'll burn till we poke our own fingers into it to see. Other folks' scars don't go no ways at all toward convincin' us.”
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“People of all sexes have the right to explore femininity, masculinity-and the infinite variations between-without criticism or ridicule.”
Source : Leslie Feinberg (1998). “Trans liberation: beyond pink or blue”, Beacon Pr
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“I used to be homophobic, but as I got older, I realized that wasn't the way to do things. I don't discriminate against anybody for their sexual preference, for their skin color... that's immature.”
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“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”
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“I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty.”
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“I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.”
Source : Mary Butts (1988). “The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns”, Beacon Press (MA)
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“What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie.”
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“I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me.”
