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If I was gay, there would be no closet, you would never see the closet I came out of. Why? I would have burned it for kindling by the time I was 12. Because I know with all certainty in my mind, there is nothing wrong with being gay, and you know it.

— Henry Rollins Solipsist (1998)

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You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

Talk is Cheap Volume 1 (1998)

Knowledge without Mileage is bullshit to me.

Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!'

Talk is Cheap Volume 1 (1998)

Cynicism is only intellectual sloth.

In many ways, America is on the receiving end of a pendulum that has been swung with great force, and for a long time, outward into the world. The impact is a wake-up call on every level.

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