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Charles M. Blow

Charles McRay Blow (born August 11, 1970) is an American journalist, commentator, and current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times.

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The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

Brandish, Courage, Cowardice, Vanquish, Way

I know a bigot when I see a bigot.

Bigot, Bigots, Know, Knows, See

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

Concepts, Culture, Males, Perilously, Trying

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

Different, Love, Love You, Matter, World

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

Betray, Conviction, Convictions

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.

Administration, Government, Nsa, People, Remain, Way

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.

Color, Editorial, Illustration, Visual, Weight

There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.

Clothes, Come, Shoot

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.

Attracted, Circumstance, Influence, May, Moments, Sometimes

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

Differences, Money, Teacher, World

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

Cat, Catch, Doors, Like, Lying

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

Elections, Passion, Voters, Want, Way

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

Done, Fine, Just Being, Know, Life

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

Boy, Boys, Country, Make, Trying

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

Concealment, Confession, Drain, Soul, Swamp, Swamps

Voter apathy is a civic abdication.

Abdication, Apathy, Civic, Voters

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.

Anchors, College, Freshman, Like, Mistake, Sound

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

Gay, Movement, Rights, Taught, Thing

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.

Empathy, Malice, Men, Midst, Operate, Understanding