Samuel R. Delany Quotes

The reason for privacy is not so that people will not know you go to the bathroom. It's to allow certain things to go on that you don't want other people to know about, when all is said and done. But the things I don't want other people to know about are not my sex life.

Samuel R. Delany

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1942

Topics

LifePeopleYouSexPrivacyKnow

Rather than passing a thousand pages of tax reform legislation and restarting the tax code manipulation process, we should change the paradigm. It is time to eliminate the IRS and repeal the 16th Amendment.

Jim Bridenstine

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The more we have the less we own.

Meister Eckhart

MoreOwnLess

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.

Jeff Miller

GoodFutureLoyaltyGreatTogether

People need something or someone to fasten themselves to in order to reassure themselves that they are real.

Ani DiFranco

PeopleSomeoneNeedRealSomething

Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.

Andy Serkis

ParentsMeNowCarryStillPart

The ego is not master in its own house.

Sigmund Freud

EgoHouseMasterOwn

I work hard to get the body right, and then I kind of just go off the map when on vacation.

Rob Gronkowski

WorkVacationWork HardBodyKind

The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

Mike Quigley

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What makes Luke Cage unique isn't him being black. Yes, he is black, but he has other things.

Mike Colter

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The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.

Jonathan Miller

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People think I should be a multi-millionaire if I had gotten the right contract. I'm not getting anything for all that commercial stuff they do. But I would have had to pay for that.

Jonathan Frid

PeopleThinkRightPayAnything

I just don't feel like I have to explain myself.

Dolly Parton

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