Andrew Solomon Quotes

When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through a long, tortured period, so the fact that I have been able to be true to myself and have a family has been the nicest surprise of my adulthood.

Andrew Solomon

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'Let the Bullets Fly' indeed attracted an audience, but how it did this is also a question for me.

Jiang Wen

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Marriage, at this point in my life? I'm not interested in it. Yet. Maybe later when I'm 35 or 40.

Amanda Seyfried

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I think life is easier if you're straight.

Rosie O'Donnell

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Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Mickey Rourke

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I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so beautiful.

Julia Holter

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Yeah, I guess everyone's had a reasonable amount of sex in their lives, some less than others.

Josh Silver

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I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's a dream job.

Jasmine Guinness

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I don't think parents can protect their kids in this media-nut culture.

Dick Van Dyke

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I think a book that is over 400 pages should be split in two. I don't know that there's anything that interesting that can go on for 700 pages. I think that is a little bit indulgent.

Chris Abani

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Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

Christopher Hitchens

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I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.

Corey Hawkins

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No one heard about Bill Clinton on his first trip to New Hampshire. I showed Mike Huckabee around the state years before he ran, and no one knew him then, either.

Bob Ehrlich

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