The existence of homosexuality, not as a circumstantial matter of passing sexual whim, but as a shared condition and identity, raises the intriguing possibility of homosexual culture, or at least of a minority subculture with sexual identity as its base. At the very least, by sympathetic identification with cultural texts which appeared to be affirmative, homosexual people saw a way to shore up their self-respect in the face of constant moral attack, and they found materials with which to justify themselves not only to each other but also to those who found their very existence, let alone their behaviour, unjustifiable. Gregory Woods
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  1. The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.
  2. We must seek together to address the good aspirations of people everywhere, for we are bound together through great commonality.
  3. A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
  4. Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
  5. Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
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