"A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.“

-Dan Savage

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"There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface."

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"You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear."

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"I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context."

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"Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine."

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