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Larry Kramer Quotes

By nature, I’m an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am Picture Quote #1

I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they’re a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I’m gay Picture Quote #1

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document Picture Quote #1

I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools Picture Quote #1

You’d think one day we’d learn. You don’t get anything unless you fight for it, united and with visible numbers. If ACT UP taught us anything, it taught us that Picture Quote #1

Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive Picture Quote #1

This is always history’s greatest failure, its inability to believe what it sees, what, almost always, someone sees Picture Quote #1

Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate Picture Quote #1

The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America Picture Quote #1

The media in America is not covering American AIDS very much. They’re covering African AIDS as if somehow miraculously it’s all stopped here. Well, it hasn’t, and the one thing they’re not saying about Africa is that all those people are going to die; there’s no way these people can be saved - none Picture Quote #1

Mr. Do-Nothing Obama will say today, ‘Lets think of all the poor dead people’ - or ‘let’s honor all the dead’ instead of fighting for the living. He has been really useless in terms of both HIV and gay issues. He is simply not a leader. He may be president, but he is not a leader Picture Quote #1

I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay, and I thought I was the only person in the school who was. I was just totally and utterly miserable Picture Quote #1

I think Ed Koch is the person most responsible for allowing AIDS to get out of control. It happened here first, on his watch. If he had done what any moral human being should have done in the beginning, and put out alarms, then a lot fewer people would have gotten sick Picture Quote #1

I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don’t like that feeling Picture Quote #1

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn’t have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men Picture Quote #1

Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn’t take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn’t exist. I don’t even think the word ‘gay’ was in existence Picture Quote #1

I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn’t there an enormous building in Washington called the ‘National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns’ to lobby for us? Picture Quote #1

Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists Picture Quote #1

We have to think bigger as writers. We have to try and change the world Picture Quote #1

You do not get more with honey than with vinegar Picture Quote #1

Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth Picture Quote #1

I don’t mind about the dead ones. They’re dead. The worst of it is, they cling to the living and won’t let go Picture Quote #1

Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document Picture Quote #1

This is always history’s greatest failure, its inability to believe what it sees, what, almost always, someone sees Picture Quote #1

Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive Picture Quote #1

I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools Picture Quote #1

Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is an immoral supremacist one. Call it out as such... Be outraged, offended, angry and intolerant of any discussion or any one who describes you as unequal, undeserving or unnatural for being just as you are Picture Quote #1

It’s so wonderful being a gay person. I said that before. I’m going to say it again. I love being gay. And I love gay people. I think we’re better than other people. I really do. I think we’re smarter and more talented and more aware and I do, I do, I totally do. And I think we’re more tuned in to what’s happening, tuned into the moment, tuned into our emotions, and other people’s emotions, and we’re better friends. I really do think all of these things. And I try not to forget them Picture Quote #1

I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we’re better than other people. I really do. I think we’re smarter and more talented and more aware. I do, I totally do. I really do think all of these things. And I try very hard to remember all this Picture Quote #1

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By nature, I’m an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am (Larry Kramer Quotes) I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they’re a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I’m gay (Larry Kramer Quotes) Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document. (Larry Kramer Quotes) I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools. (Larry Kramer Quotes) You’d think one day we’d learn. You don’t get anything unless you fight for it, united and with visible numbers. If ACT UP taught us anything, it taught us that. (Larry Kramer Quotes) Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive. (Larry Kramer Quotes) This is always history’s greatest failure, its inability to believe what it sees, what, almost always, someone sees. (Larry Kramer Quotes) Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mean dislike, or feel uncomfortable with. I mean hate. Downright hate. Down and dirty hate (Larry Kramer Quotes) The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denial and stupidity. We played an enormous part in the history of America (Larry Kramer Quotes) The media in America is not covering American AIDS very much. They’re covering African AIDS as if somehow miraculously it’s all stopped here. Well, it hasn’t, and the one thing they’re not saying about Africa is that all those people are going to die; there’s no way these people can be saved - none (Larry Kramer Quotes) Mr. Do-Nothing Obama will say today, ‘Lets think of all the poor dead people’ - or ‘let’s honor all the dead’ instead of fighting for the living. He has been really useless in terms of both HIV and gay issues. He is simply not a leader. He may be president, but he is not a leader (Larry Kramer Quotes) I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay, and I thought I was the only person in the school who was. I was just totally and utterly miserable (Larry Kramer Quotes) I think Ed Koch is the person most responsible for allowing AIDS to get out of control. It happened here first, on his watch. If he had done what any moral human being should have done in the beginning, and put out alarms, then a lot fewer people would have gotten sick (Larry Kramer Quotes) I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don’t like that feeling (Larry Kramer Quotes) George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn’t have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men (Larry Kramer Quotes) Gay life in 1970 was very bleak, compartmentalized. You didn’t take it to work. You had to really lead a double life. There were bars, but you sort of snuck in and snuck out. Activism and gay pride simply didn’t exist. I don’t even think the word ‘gay’ was in existence (Larry Kramer Quotes) I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn’t there an enormous building in Washington called the ‘National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns’ to lobby for us? (Larry Kramer Quotes) Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists (Larry Kramer Quotes) We have to think bigger as writers. We have to try and change the world (Larry Kramer Quotes) You do not get more with honey than with vinegar (Larry Kramer Quotes) Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth (Larry Kramer Quotes) I don’t mind about the dead ones. They’re dead. The worst of it is, they cling to the living and won’t let go (Larry Kramer Quotes) Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document (Larry Kramer Quotes) This is always history’s greatest failure, its inability to believe what it sees, what, almost always, someone sees (Larry Kramer Quotes) Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It’s very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don’t view myself as a political person. I’m just someone who desperately wants to stay alive (Larry Kramer Quotes) I don’t consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools (Larry Kramer Quotes) Being gay is a natural normal beautiful variation on being human. Period. End of subject. Therefore, any argument which says differently is an immoral supremacist one. Call it out as such... Be outraged, offended, angry and intolerant of any discussion or any one who describes you as unequal, undeserving or unnatural for being just as you are (Larry Kramer Quotes) It’s so wonderful being a gay person. I said that before. I’m going to say it again. I love being gay. And I love gay people. I think we’re better than other people. I really do. I think we’re smarter and more talented and more aware and I do, I do, I totally do. And I think we’re more tuned in to what’s happening, tuned into the moment, tuned into our emotions, and other people’s emotions, and we’re better friends. I really do think all of these things. And I try not to forget them (Larry Kramer Quotes) I love being gay. I love gay people. I think we’re better than other people. I really do. I think we’re smarter and more talented and more aware. I do, I totally do. I really do think all of these things. And I try very hard to remember all this (Larry Kramer Quotes)