Closets Quotes - Page 21

• Think about the pressure to "pass" by lying about one's agethat familiar temptation to falsify a condition of one's birth oridentity and pretend to be part of a more favored group. Fair-skinned blacks invented "passing" as a term, Jews escaping anti-Semitism perfected the art, and the sexual closet continues the punishment, but pretending to be a younger age is probably the most encouraged form of "passing," with the least organized support for "coming out" as one's true generational self.

  Gloria Steinem

  Art, Lying, Thinking

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• And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach of humanity with a perfect gadget--the water closet. The Irish, condemned to express themselves in a language not their own, have stamped on it the mark of their own genius and compete for glory with the civilized nations. This is then called English literature.

  James Joyce

  Perfect, Water, Humanity

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• I think there are probably more closet conservatives in Hollywood than there are closet homosexuals.

  Charlton Heston

  Thinking, Acting, Hollywood

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• There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.

  Theophile Gautier

  Beauty, Beautiful, Men

  "Mademoiselle de Maupin". Book by Théophile Gautier), Préface (p. 21), 1835.

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• Militant homosexuals, pro-abortionists, occultists, New Agers, pornographers, radical feminists, atheists, paganists and a whole collection of angry anti-Christian groups are all coming out of their closets and onto the battlefield. Their common denominator is a hatred for Christianity and for any expression of traditional values.

  Carman

  Christian, Religious, Atheist

  Carman Walker, Carman, Walter Walker (1994). “Raising the Standard/Reclaiming Your World for God”, Chordant Distribution

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• If Harry Potter taught us anything, it's that no one should have to live in the closet

  J. K. Rowling

  Should Have, Taught Us, Potters

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  Freedom is too enormous to be slipped under a closet door.

  Harvey Milk

  Freedom, Doors, Enormous

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• I can't be a part of the problem. I hate the idea of a label just as much as anyone else but I'm with who I'm with, I love who I love and I'm if not a better actress than I was yesterday and my personal life should have no effect on that. I think that the injustice of people staying in the closet is more than I can bear with a clear conscience and I couldn't sleep at night if I was a part of that problem, if I was part of the lies.

  Amber Heard

  Hate, Lying, Sleep

  "Amber Heard Comes Out As Lesbian At Glaad Event" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. December 6, 2010.

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• I am not of the opinion generally entertained in this country [England], that man lives by Greek and Latin alone; that is, by knowing a great many words of two dead languages, which nobody living knows perfectly, and which are of no use in the common intercourse of life. Useful knowledge, in my opinion, consists of modern languages, history, and geography; some Latin may be thrown into the bargain, in compliance with custom, and for closet amusement.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Education, Country, Latin

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• Make the decision that you'll no longer use excuses to keep you from what you know is in your best interest. Today, act on something you've always avoided and explained away with a convenient excuse. Make a phone call you've been putting off, write a letter to a friend, put on a pair of walking shoes and go for a stroll, clean out your closet—do something you've been justifying not doing with excuses.

  Wayne Dyer

  Friends, Writing, Phones

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jul 17, 2012

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• The biggest enemy of an artist is apathy... A kid gets killed by the police and I buy a T-shirt and before I can wear that one, there's another kid (killed) and I'm running out of closet space.

  Dave Chappelle

  Running, Kids, Artist

  "Dave Chappelle: ‘The Biggest Enemy of an Artist Is Apathy’" by Greg Cwik, www.vulture.com. July 19, 2015.

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• I wish I could swap closets with Diana Vreeland, but I think only my left thigh would fit into her clothing.

  Catherine Martin

  Thinking, Wish, Fit

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• I do find it therapeutic, writing about stuff that was frightening and painful as a child, and managing to see it from an adult's point of view. To get it out of the closet onto paper, metaphorically speaking, is therapeutic.

  Julie Walters

  Children, Writing, Views

  Source: www.digitalspy.com

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• I'm always hiding the books in my closet, and my art's always turned upside down in my drawer.

  Daniel Clowes

  Art, Book, Upside Down

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2011.

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• Multiple closets for different needs. Overkill.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Different, Needs, Multiple

  Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.101, Macmillan

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• I haven’t prepared my speech yet,” I sighed and Tove stood up. “What should I say about him?” “Well, if you plan to say anything nice, you’re going to have to lie,” Tove muttered as he walked over to his closet.

  Amanda Hocking

  Nice, Lying, Say Anything

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.530, Pan Macmillan

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• But looking at this closet, so nice and arranged with their crazy lives at rest among these carefully placed clothes and footwear, she felt good about where they were. "Normal" was not a bad things in this lunatic world; it really was. No matter how it happened to be defined.

  J.R. Ward

  Crazy, Nice, Clothes

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• ...Sometimes I dream that everything in the world is here, in my room, in a great closet, named and orderly, and I am here too, in front of it, hardly able to see for the flash and the brightness- and sometimes I am that madcap person clapping my hands and singing; and sometimes I am that quiet person down on my knees.

  Mary Oliver

  Dream, Hands, Singing

  Mary Oliver (2004). “Why I Wake Early: New Poems”, p.39, Beacon Press

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• As a rule, I don't enjoy being tossed into closets and having the door shut on my face, but I knew he was protecting me.

  Amanda Hocking

  Doors, Faces, Enjoy

  Amanda Hocking (2014). “Trylle: The Complete Trilogy”, p.202, Pan Macmillan

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• I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

  Sia Furler

  Dog, Home, Office

  "Singer Sia opens up about her addiction to painkillers and alcoholism in Billboard magazine" by Zoe Shenton, www.mirror.co.uk. October 28, 2013.

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• I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship. And my word is this: I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are, and not as you should be. Because you’re never going to be as you should be.

  Brennan Manning

  Prayer, Love You, Past

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• Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.

  R. L. Stine

  Dark, Waiting, Age

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I see things beyond what other people see. I am always looking for hidden corners and closets of a life that I feel aren't explored either by the person who lived it or the people writing about it.

  Melanie Benjamin

  Writing, People, Feels

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• My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.

  Mark Teixeira

  Home, Order, Color

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• My dad wears girls' clothes - it's so funny. Sometimes I see him and I'm like, 'Nice shirt!,' because it's from my closet.

  Liv Tyler

  Girl, Dad, Nice

  "Liv Tyler Confirms Our Suspicions: Her Dad Steals Her Clothes" by Annie Ferrer, www.vulture.com. April 28, 2011.

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