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The Church responds to antiquated social realities, and those realities remain much more current in Utah precisely because of the Church.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Antonio Gramsci said that social reformers should have pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will. This means that one must have the intellectual ability to see how bad things are and the emotional ability to look forward with hope. It's a hard combination to sustain, but if you can do it, you can change the world.
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Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution.
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I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.
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