"It’s a strange sort of attack, to be sure: a wonderfully pacific attack, a supportive attack, an attack without the slightest intention or capacity to cause harm, consisting, as it does, of the earnest wish of certain loving couples to join themselves to that very institution and thus to feel themselves, and be accepted as, full members of the American (and human) family."

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Source : "Distraction" by Hendrik Hertzberg, www.newyorker.com. June 19, 2006.

Hendrik Hertzberg

#Couple Quotes #Gay Quotes #Supportive Quotes

“I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.”
“Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.”

Source : Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination, delivered 16 July 1964, San Francisco
“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”
“May the simple things be amazing on the journey of your life.”

Source : Song: The Journey of Your Life, Album: Barefoot Blue Jean Night, 2011
“I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, come and stand beside me, we can find a better way.”
“It's like if people don't see you on TV every day, they think you're in cryogenics somewhere.”
“I try not to spend too much time with regret, although I wish I'd had more hang time with my dad.”

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