"Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views."

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Source : "Glad to be gay, glad to be Tory" by Evan Davis, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2012.

Evan Davis

#Struggle Quotes #Views Quotes #Hands Quotes

“It is in the thousands of days of trying, failing, sitting, thinking, resisting, dreaming, raveling, unraveling that we are at our most engaged, alert, and alive.”

Source : Dani Shapiro (2013). “Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life”, p.88, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Apparently being a mermaid is dead dull. I watched The Little Mermaid with her once a few years agoâ€”she thought it was freaking hilarious. She couldnâ€™t stop laughing about the shell-bra thing, given that mermaids arenâ€™t mammals. Plus, as she put it, Prince Eric was far too hairy and â€œpeach coloredâ€ for her taste. I always thought he was pretty hot, but then again, I am a mammal.”
“He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.”
“I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.”
“I was born into BolÃvar's labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais' Great Perhaps.”
“You don't make movies about "men" and "women." You make movies about this guy and this woman and if you get them right, you'll automatically connect with a lot of people.”
“Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate's name.”

Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. February 25, 2007.
“If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude.”

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