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"I enjoy being around people who disagree with me; and I enjoy being in non-political contexts and activities."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

"I am confident that, in the end, common sense and justice will prevail. I'm an optimist, brought up on the belief that if you wait to the end of the story, you get to see the good people live happily ever after."
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"When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses."

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"In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual."

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"Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold."
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