"My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business."

-- Richard Diebenkorn

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“Sex itself only exists in relation to procreation. That's one of the reasons why I sometimes object - and it's just a theoretical objection, but it's worth thinking about - to the whole notion that one calls what people of the same sex do "sexual relations." As a matter of fact, they have precisely turned their back on sexual relations, in order to engage in acts of mutual pleasure that have nothing whatsoever to do with sexuality.”
“I appreciate what others have done in the past especially for my genre, and my style of singing. And they sure put a footprint - you know, they got the foot in the door, but I'm going to put my foot straight through the door.”
“Better think while it's still legal.”

Source : FaceBook post by Erykah Badu from Jul 25, 2015
“Everything we are afraid to try, all our unfulfilled dreams, constitute a limitation on what we are and could become.”

Source : Gordon Livingston (2009). “Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now”, p.55, Da Capo Press
“Gay people are born everyday. You will never legislate that away.”
“Language is like looking at a map of somewhere. Love is living there and surviving on the land.”
“A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill.”
“I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.”

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