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" After Obama was elected president, the same day Proposition 8 was passed, there was this fire in our belly. "

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" Watching President Obama, for the first time in my life, one of us was running for president. He seemed like one of us - and I got behind him, and I got excited about his message and what he continues to say he's going to do. The day he was elected president, Prop 8 happened. It was this bizarre dichotomy - world history - good and bad. "

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" I want to be respected by my peers and do really great work, even if it gets panned, even if I get raked across the coals. "

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" The most real thing of all, the only thing any of us wants, is to matter to somebody. To feel and share love, even on a friendship level or as deep as a romantic one. Who doesn't want that? "

" I have two older sisters who were phenomenal sportsmen. "