"Unless man has the wit and the grit to build his civilization on something better than material power, it is surely idle to talk of plans for a stable peace."

-- Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.

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“15 or 20 years ago it would not have been possible for me to come out. Back then, people still had such narrow views, but today many of them are more liberal. Being gay is no longer a taboo in many parts of society. That has affected sports, even boxing.”

Source : "'I Couldn't Accept Being Gay Because I Was too Afraid'". Interview with Lukas Eberle, www.spiegel.de. November 9, 2012.
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”
“I wish I could go to the school where my close friends go, but I obviously can't. The good thing is, they're really good about inviting me to all the football games and all that stuff. So I end up having an adopted team spirit for a school I don't go to.”
“People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent "the past" and to serve as a guide-rule for life, thereby hopelessly confusing the spheres of knowledge and will.”
“I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human.”
“Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.”
“If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.”
“Golf is a lot like sex. It's something you can enjoy all your life. And if you remain an amateur, you get to pick your own playing partners.”

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