Jasmine Guy Quotes

• I don't much care who is gay or straight or married or not. I mostly notice if they are brave enough to confront bigotry.

  Jasmine Guy

  Gay, Brave, Racist

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• If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

  Jasmine Guy

  Love, Family, Desperation

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• It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

  Jasmine Guy

  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

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• Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

  Jasmine Guy

  Insecurity, Racist, Height

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• There is a child in all of us, a person who believes in a glorious future.

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  Children, Believe, Glorious

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• People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

  Jasmine Guy

  Order, People, Needs

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• I've always known the greatness of black people.

  Jasmine Guy

  Greatness, People, Black

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. March 23, 2012.

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• I meet so many people, but I don't know anybody.

  Jasmine Guy

  People, Knows

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• The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

  Jasmine Guy

  Friendship, Country, Family Love

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• I spent years crying in my diary.
  But I finally stopped finding
  fault with myself. We're
  all different, yet the same.

  Jasmine Guy

  Years, Different, Diaries

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• An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

  Jasmine Guy

  Creating, Community, Quality

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• The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.

  Jasmine Guy

  Kitchen, Important, May

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• There are brilliant out lesbians and gay men and bisexuals and transgendered people and heterosexuals keeping the fire of change alive. Not a day goes by when I don't feel grateful to them for their work.

  Jasmine Guy

  Grateful, Gay, Men

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• I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.

  Jasmine Guy

  Character, Personality, Honor

  Jasmine Guy - The "October Baby" Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

  Jasmine Guy

  Believe, Practice, People

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• I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

  Jasmine Guy

  Voice, Mouths, Want

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• One disco, one soft ball game, one lost love, one gay pride rally at a time.

  Jasmine Guy

  Lost Love, Pride, Gay

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• Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.

  Jasmine Guy

  Atheism, Violent, Non Violent

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• You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

  Jasmine Guy

  Racist, Careful, Seems

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• I have often felt bad that I am not great at any one thing. Like just a super super singer. Or the Gregory Hines of something

  Jasmine Guy

  Singers, Felt, One Thing

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• Our history is a passion for me. I feel that we leave out so much information and huge gaps in the American story and it makes it hard for people to really understand that we are all intricately related as Americans. So I am attracted to historically based projects because we entertain and learn something at the same time. I just love that combination.

  Jasmine Guy

  Passion, People, Stories

  Source: thecelebritycafe.com

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• The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

  Jasmine Guy

  People, Needs

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• The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model

  Jasmine Guy

  Appreciate, Church, Nuclear Families

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• I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

  Jasmine Guy

  Men, Long, People

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• If black people mistrust white people, they are mistrusting racism, and that is appropriate.

  Jasmine Guy

  White, Racism, People

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