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• Gay marriage has jumped out of the closet on to the front page. Everyone from the president of the U.S. to retired four-star general Colin Powell is embracing the issue, now supported by most Americans. Still, a few people, like former First Lady Laura Bush appear to be conflicted.

  Kitty Kelley

  Stars, Gay, People

  "Goosey Lucy and Gay Marriage" by Kitty Kelley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.

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• You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Believe, Black And White, World

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• I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

  Ken Livingstone

  Ugly, Politician

  "Ken Livingstone: It's policies that matter this time, not personalities". Interview with Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2012.

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• I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

  Ken Livingstone

  Real, Thinking, Democracy

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• In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.

  Ferdinand de Saussure

  Different, Movement, Spirit

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• ... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

  Robert Gordis

  Life, Important, Logic

  Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

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• Sometimes people have sympathized with me because long years of my life were spent in jail and in exile. Well, those years ... were a mixed experience. I hated them because they separated me from the dearest thing in the world-the struggle of my people for rebirth. At the same time, they were a blessing because I had what is so rare in this world-the opportunity of thinking about basic issues, the opportunity of examining afresh the beliefs I held.

  Sukarno

  Struggle, Opportunity, Thinking

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• There's no question that the gay movement would not be as far along as it is without AIDS. But how can there be any other issue in the face of death, possible extinction?

  Larry Kramer

  Gay, Movement, Extinction

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• I am, I must confess, suspicious of those who denounce others for having too much sex. At what point does a healthy amount become too much? There are, of course, those who suffer because their desire for sex has become compulsive; in their case the drive (loneliness, guilt) is at fault, not the activity as such. When morality is discussed I invariably discover, halfway into the conversation, that what is meant are not the great ethical questions but the rather dreary business of sexual habit, which to my mind is an aesthetic rather than an ethical issue.

  Edmund White

  Sex, Loneliness, Ethical Questions

  "States of Desire: Travels in Gay America". Book by Edmund White, 1980.

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• Being naive simply means that we reject received wisdom that something is a problem. We are always naive relative to some definition of the situation, and if we try to become less so, we may accept a definition that confines the definition of small wins to narrower issues than is necessary.

  Karl E. Weick

  Mean, Winning, Perception

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• I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical.

  Janet Fitch

  Book, Writing, Mean

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• Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.

  Susie Orbach

  Feminist, Disease, Social

  Susie Orbach (1988). “Fat is a Feminist Issue ...: How to Lose Weight Permanently - Without Dieting”, Hutchinson

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• What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

  James Hansen

  Children, Moral, Planets

  "James Hansen on the Tar Sands Pipeline Protest, the Obama Administration and Intergenerational Justice". Interview with Jerry Cope, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 21, 2011.

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• I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point where I thought, I'm often sticking my neck out on various issues as all human beings have a right to do.

  Lynn Redgrave

  Country, Order, Long

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• I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.

  Mariah Carey

  Hard

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• I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.

  David Frum

  Government, Years, Environmental

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• I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.

  Andrea Arnold

  Film, Theme, Wanted

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• I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.

  Julian Baggini

  Growing Up, Philosophy, Philosophical

  "Philosophy v science: which can answer the big questions of life?" by Julian Baggini and Lawrence Krauss, www.theguardian.com. September 08, 2012.

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• You know, people really want to hear about the issues.

  Alveda King

  People, Want, Knows

  "Erin Burnett Outfront", www.cnn.com. November 29, 2011.

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• Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

  Morena Baccarin

  Country, Latin, America

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

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• I always thought 'chick lit' meant third-person contemporary funny novels, dealing with issues of the day. I mean, it's not the ideal term; when I'm asked to describe what I do, I say I write romantic comedies, cause that's what I feel they are. But I'm quite pragmatic.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Writing, Mean, Causes

  "Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent - and also ditzy and klutzy'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2012.

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• I enjoy eating and have no issues with eating. I am not going to be one of those girls who have to watch her weight.

  Moon Bloodgood

  Girl, Watches, Weight

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

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• I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.

  Conrad Black

  Perception, Credibility, Policy

  Conrad Black (2012). “A Matter of Principle”, p.517, Encounter Books

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• Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.

  Demian Bichir

  Powerful, Epic, United States

  "The Esquire Nominating Academy Presents: Demián Bichir" by Anna Peele, www.esquire.com. January 8, 2013.

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• When you run a company, you need to be pretty open-minded. There are a lot of different views on faith, on religion, on many different issues, and you can't let your own faith be the barometer.

  Gregory D. Brenneman

  Running, Views, Different

  "Online Extra: Burger King's Brenneman: 'Why Not?'". Interview with Brian Grow, www.bloomberg.com. November 8, 2004.

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