"Was it a risky move? Yes, but at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn't going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there's gay NFL players. There's gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal."

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Source : "Michael Sam: ‘I’m not the only gay person in the NFL’" by Charean Williams, www.star-telegram.com. March 26, 2015.

Michael Sam

#Moving Quotes #Athlete Quotes #Gay Quotes

“People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think that people who study the scriptures get a dimension to their life that nobody else gets and that canâ€™t be gained in any way except by studying the scriptures. Thereâ€™s an increase in faith and a desire to do whatâ€™s right and a feeling of inspiration and understanding that comes to people who study the gospelâ€”meaning particularly the Standard Worksâ€”and who ponder the principles, that canâ€™t come in any other way”
“Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.”
“Perhaps because our culture and politics have gone so off course, with values so contrary to those of Jesus, more and more people intuitively recognize that His vision of God's kingdom-a new world of compassion, justice, integrity and peace- is the Good News they've been searching and waiting for.”
“Another difference between death and taxes is that you don't have to work like fury to pay for the dying you did last year.”
“My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me. I felt like I was part of the whole by respecting every living thing rather than using it and destroying it by living unconsciously. Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.246, Simon and Schuster
“I'm a very goal-oriented person.”
“I think fashion, mishandled, can be quite toxic. It becomes about image and the cult of celebrity. I think when an artist is seen at a lot of parties as a celebrity, I find that worrying. I think it can limit them.”

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