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My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the se

My thoughts are crowded with death and it draws so oddly on the sexual that I am confused to be attracted by, in effect, my own annihilation. – Thom Gunn

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It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the 50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change! – Thom Gunn

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teacher
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Thom Gunn
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There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. – Thom Gunn

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Poetry
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AIDS
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I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life. – Anthony Perkins

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It could be said that the AIDS pandemic is a classic own-goal scored by the human race against itself. – Princess Anne Ireland

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AIDS

Sometimes I have a terrible feeling that I am dying not from the virus, but from being untouchable. – Amanda Heggs

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AIDS

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our countrys immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically. – Barbra Streisand

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AIDS

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You cant work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. – John Malkovich

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