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“On the stage you try to act real. On the screen you try to be real.”
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“... being homosexual doesn't determine a man's whole character any more than being heterosexual does.”
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“Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage.”
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“Everybody in the world ought to be sorry for everybody else. We all have our little private hell.”
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“... money ... is only important when you have none; and though it may not be everything, it goes a very long way towards blocking up the winter draft of age.”
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“The same fear ... has kept me stuck in life so many times before, afraid to move forward, to take a step that would free me from the ordinary, the mundane, the insufferable. A crippling fear that deadens my potential and limits my relationship with the world. It's so easy to cling to the familiar, even when it's deplorable.”
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“... everyone old enough to have a secret is entitled to have some place to keep it.”
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“[On establishing her escort service:] I was sure we could provide a dramatic alternative to what was available, and I was motived by the challenge of doing something better than everyone else.”