"Gay writers now have both a sense of history and the fables that allows them to dwell in the realms of the ridiculous and at the same time talk seriously about things."

-- Tony Kushner

#Gay Quotes #Fables Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am -- my friends get round me -- we chaff, we sparkle, we tell witty stories -- and somehow my tongue gets wagging. I have the gift of conversation. I've been told I ought to have a salon, whatever that may be.”
“I felt like the track came to us, but then it went beyond us.”
“Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.”

Source : Tim Wise (2008). “Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male”, p.28, Soft Skull Press
“When I look in the mirror I see my parents' sacrifices being honored. I see the love from which I was created and the power of the human spirit.”
“Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God will not go forth with that man who marches in his own strength”
“The concept of justice I take to be defined, then, by the role of its principles in assigning rights and duties and in defining the appropriate division of social advantages. A conception of justice is an interpretation of this role.”
“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

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