There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.
I had to do something for the country.
How are you, G. I. Joe? It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here. Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die.
Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on.
I would like to see America some day.
I put my heart in my work.
Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.
The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'
You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.