"Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights - merely equal rights. The irony is that special rights actually do exist in this country-for religious groups."

-- Sean Faircloth

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“Performance art is really about the sociology of the artist, where ideas come from, and the confluence of those ideas.”
“Beauty is whatever anyone thinks is beautiful.”
“My goal is to achieve a little less injustice in Uruguay, to help the most vulnerable and to leave behind a political way of thinking, a way of looking at the future that will be passed on and used to move forward. There's nothing short-term, no victory around the corner. I will not achieve paradise or anything like that. What I want is to fight for the common good to progress. Life slips by. The way to prolong it is for others to continue your work.”
“Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.”

Source : Jim Steinmeyer, Teller (2009). “Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear”, p.22, Da Capo Press
“The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.”

Source : "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics". Book by John Mearsheimer, 2001.
“I don't always want a big meal after work - just some crisps and wine!”
“I try to use social media as a tool for good. Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. Of course it happens now and then. It's funny because let's say a rude or off-putting comment comes in, rather than ignore it, I'll talk to that person and there are so many times I've gotten apologies, like "I totally understand, I'm with you."”
“I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.”

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