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I've known the poet Eileen Myles since the 1990s, when I first moved to New York, and I remember seeing her walking her Pit Bull Rosie around the East Village. She had these beautiful arms and David Cassidy hair and the sort of swagger so many of the gay boys I knew wished we had. We all had crushes on her.

Alexander Chee

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I'll always identify as a Chicagoan; if it wasn't so cold, I'd be there forever.

Amy Landecker

ColdAlwaysForeverIdentify

I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church.

Stanley Hauerwas

I AmChurchUpEpiscopalHowWhich

Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.

Robinson Jeffers

NatureHuman NatureHumanCrueltyUs

The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they encounter on stage.

Mike Bartlett

ExperiencePeopleTheatreWorldGo

For sure, the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.

Lucy Powell

ChangePoliticsOptimismBe Different

I've been the person who hides behind people and lets everyone else do their thing, and I've been content there.

Julia Michaels

PeoplePersonEveryoneContentBeen

When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

Del Shannon

Too MuchWayMoreDrinkingMuchToo

It's a big jump from League One, but I'm confident in my ability, and I can't thank the players enough for how they've helped me settle in and for the way I'm performing.

Dele Alli

MeConfidentEnoughJumpSettleWay

I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.

Chris Stapleton

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I don't really get starstruck much.

Brett Eldredge

UncleNeverKidHimToyBroke

When I get a new script my mom will read them and just be aghast. I think it's hysterical.

Alia Shawkat

MomThinkNewWillGetJust

I'm generally pretty happy about life.

Phyllis Smith

LifeHappyPrettyAboutGenerally

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