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it's respectful hearing of one another's point of view and perhaps finding some common ground.


Larry Vanderhoef

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BASHAR AL-ASSAD I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
DAN FARMER A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.
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DIEGO COSTA My point of view is that men are basically animals, and I'm okay with that.
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HUGH HEFNER My point of view has always been a bit more offbeat.
MARK FROST Understanding is not absolutely final.
What's now right could be wrong later.
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TOBA BETA Only those who'd changed could see things from a different point of view.
TOBA BETA You can't do clear observation if you ain't in the field. You can't be a pure observer if you're now...
TOBA BETA If you see it's impossible,
you may use others' eyes.
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He's just doing normal act...
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LARRY KRAMER Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death thr...
LARRY KRAMER I do not think the gay population has been all that rabid for gay marriage. Note that I do not use t...
LARRY KRAMER We didn't exist. Ronald Reagan didn't say the word 'AIDS' until 1987. I've tried...
LARRY KRAMER Too many people hate the people that AIDS most affects: gay people and people of color. I do not mea...
LARRY KRAMER The most important fact is that gays have been here since day one. To say otherwise is a gross denia...
LARRY KRAMER Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier ...
LARRY KRAMER I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could ...
LARRY KRAMER AIDS is a plague - numerically, statistically and by any definition known to modern public health - ...
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