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I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid. ”
There's something about seeing someone who has actually no real supernatural powers and only being able to throw things with precision that kind of makes people be like, 'Oh, I can see that. I can put that person in real life, and I can see it play out as a human being.' ”
Miami is one of the great cultural melting pots in the world. I love working and living here. ”
Any government I lead will continue with the equality of gay and lesbian people. ”
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance. ”
Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from. ”
It's terribly important that we extend the promise of equality that the Supreme Court and that the district court articulated in the DOMA case and in the Perry case to all Americans in all 50 states. ”
It is human nature to favor individuals and institutions who we know or for whom we feel responsible. ”
We're now segregating our schools based on economics; we're segregating our schools based on where a child's parents live. And it has the same corrosive effect of destroying people's opportunity as racial segregation did. ”
This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society. ”