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My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses Picture Quote #1

Our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues Picture Quote #1

I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been during the first term when we stripped Libya and Iraq and A. Q. Khan and their capacity to proliferate nuclear technology Picture Quote #1

Minutes, hours, days, months, and years, pass'd over to the end they were created, would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this! Picture Quote #1

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination Picture Quote #1

Mine honor's such a ring; my chastity's the jewel of our house, bequeathed down from many ancestors, which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world In me to lose Picture Quote #1

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They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow - fault came to match it Picture Quote #1

You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high rise multi towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life Picture Quote #1

O, would the deed were good! For now the devil, that told me that I did well, says that this deed is chronicled in hell Picture Quote #1

She is peevish, sullen, froward, proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; neither regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if I were her father Picture Quote #1

I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters Picture Quote #1

'Tis a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us Picture Quote #1

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I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them Picture Quote #1

To feed were best at home; from thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony: Meeting were bare without it Picture Quote #1

Now were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire to thaw me Picture Quote #1

You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American Picture Quote #1

Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility Picture Quote #1

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form Picture Quote #1

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I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went Picture Quote #1

We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are Picture Quote #1

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be Picture Quote #1

Wherever sorrow is, relief would be. If you sorrow at my grief in live, my giving love your sorrow and my grief were both extermined Picture Quote #1

What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot, away? Picture Quote #1

Mine eyes were not in fault, for she was beautiful; mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, that thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious to have mistrusted her Picture Quote #1

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We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean. And we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect Picture Quote #1

The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society Picture Quote #1

When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. Was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement Picture Quote #1

If but a dozen French were there in arms, they would be as a call to train ten thousand english to their side, or as a little snow, tumbled about, anon becomes a mountain Picture Quote #1

I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns Picture Quote #1

Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question Picture Quote #1

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My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses (Were Quotes) Our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues (Were Quotes) I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been during the first term when we stripped Libya and Iraq and A. Q. Khan and their capacity to proliferate nuclear technology (Were Quotes) Minutes, hours, days, months, and years, pass'd over to the end they were created, would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this! (Were Quotes) In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn Birds or anything else I've ever written. I find a way of saying that either it was heaven or hell but in a way that still leaves room for the reader to use their own imagination (Were Quotes) Mine honor's such a ring; my chastity's the jewel of our house, bequeathed down from many ancestors, which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world In me to lose (Were Quotes) They were all like one another as halfpence are, every one fault seeming monstrous till his fellow - fault came to match it (Were Quotes) You can't imagine parlor ballads drifting out of high rise multi towered buildings. That kind of music existed in a more timeless state of life (Were Quotes) O, would the deed were good! For now the devil, that told me that I did well, says that this deed is chronicled in hell (Were Quotes) She is peevish, sullen, froward, proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty; neither regarding that she is my child, nor fearing me as if I were her father (Were Quotes) I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters (Were Quotes) 'Tis a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don't want to be most of us (Were Quotes) I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them (Were Quotes) To feed were best at home; from thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony: Meeting were bare without it (Were Quotes) Now were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire to thaw me (Were Quotes) You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American (Were Quotes) Never durst poet touch a pen to write until his ink were temp'red with love's sighs; o, then his lines would ravish savage ears and plant in tyrants mild humility (Were Quotes) We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form (Were Quotes) I would drive home and see people wearing my No. 34 jersey and wonder why, because I didn't feel worthy of that. And all the time I just knew people were staring at me, talking about me everywhere I went (Were Quotes) We've been so preoccupied with getting the government to behave in a fair and democratic way, we were not able to focus on the private sector where most of the jobs are, where most of the wealth and opportunities are (Were Quotes) I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be (Were Quotes) Wherever sorrow is, relief would be. If you sorrow at my grief in live, my giving love your sorrow and my grief were both extermined (Were Quotes) What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, for one to thrust his hand between his teeth, when he might spurn him with his foot, away? (Were Quotes) Mine eyes were not in fault, for she was beautiful; mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, that thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious to have mistrusted her (Were Quotes) We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean. And we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect (Were Quotes) The primary victims of Katrina, those who were given the least help by the government, those rescued last or not at all, were overwhelmingly people of color largely hidden from the mainstream of society (Were Quotes) When I was teaching in the 1960s in Boston, there was a great deal of hope in the air. Martin Luther King Jr. Was alive, Malcolm X was alive; great, great leaders were emerging from the southern freedom movement (Were Quotes) If but a dozen French were there in arms, they would be as a call to train ten thousand english to their side, or as a little snow, tumbled about, anon becomes a mountain (Were Quotes) I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns (Were Quotes) Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question (Were Quotes)

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