![In light of Jamey [Rodemeyer]'s death -- it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it -- is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-light-of-jamey-rodemeyers-death-it-became-clear-to-me-in-an-instant-that.jpg)
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Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep all my kind, For I was born to shiver In the draft from an open mind. Phyllis McGinley
lying grief grieving
Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere. Petrarch
lying flames desire
In my younger days I struggled constantly with an overwhelming but pure love affair - my only one, and I would have struggled with it longer had not premature death, bitter but salutary for me, extinguished the cooling flames. I certainly wish I could say that I have always been entirely free from desires of the flesh, but I would be lying if I did.
lying enemy facts
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John F. Kennedy
lying mean men
I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbor's wife but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing, shamefaced spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom. It fills a man full of obstacles. It made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found. It beggars any man that keeps it. It is turned out of towns and cities for a dangerous thing, and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it. William Shakespeare
lying ivory erotic
Fondling,' she saith, 'since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer; Feed where thou wilt, on mountain or in dale: Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry, Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
lying flower blood
Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff; Life and these lips have long been separated: Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.
lying good-will
The let-alone lies not in your good will.
lying sleep eye
Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
gay model regular responsibility role tremendous wide
I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular theatergoers. I do feel a tremendous responsibility and pride to be a role model for some of these young people. Idina Menzel
gay judging wanted
Above all, God wanted us to love others. We have to love each other and get on with each other, she added. It's not up to me to judge anybody. Carrie Underwood
gay thinking people
As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry, I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love
gay liberation gay-liberation
Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me. Bette Davis
gay careers challenges
In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov! Bernadette Peters
gay men knowing
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
gay gay-marriage accepted
I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
gay jewels giving
I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets for a dish of wood, My scepter for a palmer's walking staff My subjects for a pair of carved saints and my large kingdom for a little grave.
gay thinking people
I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents. B. D. Wong
light olive spices
When you're in Portuguese-African Brazil, or Lisbon, or Mozambique, sometimes piri piri is used as a condiment. Sometimes piri piri is just spices from a jar, and sometimes it's made with garlic, olive oil, cilantro, parsley, and some light chilies. Marcus Samuelsson
light pay paying reasonable smashed
We'll pay a reasonable price, but we're not paying $2,000. It's not like we smashed light fixtures. Don MacAdam
light
You are in the Light, then the Light is in you, You are the Light. Sathya Baba
light
We wanted to make them as light and as comfortable as eyewear.
light patterns heat
I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me: but once put out thy light, Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.
light moved
I am moved by the light. Maurice Maeterlinck
lights shooting studio time
I'm a portrait photographer that's used to shooting celebrities, and I usually need time and all kinds of lights and a studio to set up my shots.
lighter upbeat
I think I've got to be more upbeat and lighter on the course. Mark Foster
lights maybe played realizing
Maybe I'll take a little consolation in realizing that ? even if I'd played lights out too, she was just going to one-up me all the time. Colleen Jones