"It seems to me that, as it is usually presented, the current orthodoxy about the cosmic order is the product of governing assumptions that are unsupported, and that it flies in the face of common sense."

-- Thomas Nagel

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“Patrick Swayze was risk-taking - because he not only did a transvestite, but in Donnie Darko, he played a pedophile! Talk about a risky thing for a movie star, and he jumped right in. We even shot some of those video sequences of his character out on his ranch. I mean, he opened his heart and his ranch to us. He was just an awesome guy.”
“Is it easier for you to have straight friends, Larry [Kramer], since you seem so often disappointed in your gay friends who can't live up to what you expect of them as gay people?”

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“Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.”
“Thick February mists cling heavily To the dead earth and to each leafless tree, And closer down upon the hilltops draw, Dull forecasts there of bright, sure-coming spring; Yet the heart gathers hope and strange delight From this dear, unlovely, wished-for sight Of leaden-misted twilights lengthening.”
“I love doing things that people don't expect.”
“I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.”

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“Call me whatever you like; I am who I must be.”
“I had no idea what I wanted to be when I was 17. I just knew I wanted to be something larger than myself.”

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