Charles M. Blow Quotes

• One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.

  Charles M. Blow

  Men, Empathy, Understanding

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• Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.

  Charles M. Blow

  Soul, Swamps, Confession

  Charles M. Blow (2014). “Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Memoir”, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

  Charles M. Blow

  Wrong Time, Right Thing

  Twitter post from Dec 9, 2014

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• You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.

  Charles M. Blow

  Teacher, Differences, World

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• The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

  Charles M. Blow

  Way, Cowardice, Vanquish

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• A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

  Charles M. Blow

  Lying, Cat, Doors

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• Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.

  Charles M. Blow

  Love You, Different, World

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

  Charles M. Blow

  Want, Trump, Sexism

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.

  Charles M. Blow

  Leader, Humanity, Together

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• The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

  Charles M. Blow

  People, Internet, Ruthless

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma" by Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• I know that life, I’ve done all those things, and I can still tell you that just being you is perfectly fine.

  Charles M. Blow

  Done, Just Being, Fine

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September, 2004.

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• Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk.

  Charles M. Blow

  Government, Nsa, People

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• Voter apathy is a civic abdication.

  Charles M. Blow

  Apathy, Abdication, Voters

  "We Should Be in a Rage" by Charles M. Blow, www.nytimes.com. April 9, 2014.

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• There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.

  Charles M. Blow

  Clothes

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• Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

  Charles M. Blow

  Conviction, Betray

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• An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.

  Charles M. Blow

  Color, Illustration, Weight

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent.

  Charles M. Blow

  Mistake, College, Anchors

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• There can be moments in your life where you may feel attracted to someone depending on circumstance, depending on the person of one gender or another, and sometimes where that is less of an influence in your life.

  Charles M. Blow

  May, Influence, Sometimes

  "After Childhood Abuse, 'Times' Columnist Says He Chose Life Over Vengeance". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2014.

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• Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

  Charles M. Blow

  Determination, Destiny, Leader

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• Trying hard and working hard is its own reward. It feeds the soul. It affirms your will and your power. And it radiates from you, lighting the way for all those who see you.

  Charles M. Blow

  Soul, Trying, Rewards

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• I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.

  Charles M. Blow

  Trying, Males, Culture

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.

  Charles M. Blow

  Gay, Rights, Movement

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• I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

  Charles M. Blow

  Country, Boys, Trying

  "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

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• While the word bisexual was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

  Charles M. Blow

  Bisexual, Use, Connotation

  Charles M. Blow (2014). “Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Memoir”, p.221, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Elections have a way of cooling passions, especially when voters get what they want.

  Charles M. Blow

  Passion, Want, Voters

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