Jason Collins The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. Her reaction surprised me. ‘I’ve known you were gay for years,’ she said. From that moment on I was comfortable in my own skin. – Jason Collins Aunt Quotes Comfortable Quotes Court Quotes Francisco Quotes Gay Quotes Judge Quotes Moment Quotes Reaction Quotes Relative Quotes San Quotes Skin Quotes Superior Quotes Surprised Quotes Teri Quotes When I came into the NBA from Stanford, I had already decided what type of player I would be. I wanted to be the best player and teammate I could be, but not attract too much attention or make too much noise. I didn’t want people to start asking questions about my personal life. I’m not the loudest person in the room, but I’ll speak up when something isn’t right. And try to make everyone laugh.
Jeb Hensarling The thought of my children growing up in an America with less freedom, less opportunity, and a lower standard of living is a long-term pain I cannot and will not bear. – Jeb Hensarling
Karl Jaspers I discovered that the study of past philosophers is of little use unless our own reality enters into it. Our reality alone allows the thinker’s questions to become comprehensible. – Karl Jaspers
MenWoodrow Wilson The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. – Woodrow Wilson
Bruce Hornsby Our approach makes it so if you hear a said song of ours in 2003 and then you hear it again in 2009 it’s probably evolved and changed a good bit, and hopefully for the better. – Bruce Hornsby
Jose Ferreira Stop pretending there’s anything wrong with businesspeople hiring diligent laborers who will work for less. Let employers sponsor any worker and argue for why that worker should be given citizenship. Such a vetting mechanism would naturally promote the best and hardest-working. – Jose Ferreira
Sam Kean Most organisms have loads of junk DNA – less pejoratively, noncoding DNA – cluttering their cells. – Sam Kean
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